Lev Alburt

The fourth volume in grandmaster Lev Alburt's highly acclaimed Comprehensive Chess Course series. A three-time U.S. chess champion, Alburt is called the "grandmaster of chess teachers". This famed teacher helps students of all strengths and ages and has spent years translating secret lesson plans used to produce a long line of Soviet world champions.

Alekhine's Defence is one of the most provocative openings at the black's disposal, ideal for tournament players looking for exciting games. All the important variations are covered in this book which uses a variety of illustrative games to demonstrate the key concepts. Many of these games are from Alburt's own practice of the Alekhine, in which he is an experienced exponent. Lev Alburt is the current US Champion and Eric Schiller is a US Master and author of a number of books on this subject area.

Thrice US Champion and former European Champion, Lev Alburt, famous for his ability to turn aspiring players into masters, teams up with twice US Champion Roman Dzindzichashvili and young international star Eugene Perelshteyn to give a complete repertoire of opening play-as well as a review of all openings and an explanation of the principles of playing this crucial stage of the game. Although these books concentrate on the first 20 moves or so of a chess game, they never leave the player without a plan. The authors make sure that the themes and ideas are known so that the player can follow-up brilliant opening play with winning strategies.

Chess Strategy for the Tournament Player is the fifth volume in Grandmaster Lev Alburt's Comprehensive Chess Course series. Endorsed by world champion Garry Kasparov as revealing "the once-secret Russian method of chess training". this uses only materials and techniques that worked well in the former USSR. It contains hundreds of strikingly beautiful positions arranged by difficulty and designed to sharpen tactical recognition and vision. Nothing is left to chance in this work.

A complete, easy-to-use program for teaching and self-study of chess, in this series of books co-written by Roman Pelts and Lev Alburt, Grandmaster of Chess and three-time U.S. Chess Champion.
Amateur chess players have a new weapon in the battle to improve their game.

Lev Alburt, Grandmaster of Chess and three-time US chess champion, presents and analyzes the attack and defense of the king, with hundreds of game illustrations, dozens of problems and exercises, and instructive explanations and solutions.

makes use of colorful graphs and a new, more logical method of expressing the evaluation of a chess position to teach the critical skill of assessing how you stand. Lev Alburt's unique experience as both a top-level champion and a world-renowned teacher allow him to explain in a clear, logical way how to master chess. He maximizes the results of your reading time. More than 400 chess diagrams make reading easy.

A self-improvement tutor based on the highly-regarded Russian training methods by former US champion Lev Alburt. An invaluable instructional guide suitable for all levels of player.