2025-What It Takes To Become a Chess Master-Soltis [Batsford, 2012]

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Code:  2025-What It Takes To Become a Chess Master-Soltis [Batsford, 2012]

The title of What It Takes to Become a Chess Master is about as

straightforward and descriptive of the contents as any chess book you will

find. As Soltis explains, "only two percent of the people who take chess

seriously make master." He claims "the answers aren't mysterious"; however,

his conclusions as to why this is may still surprise you. For instance, he states

that being good in core areas such as tactics and endgames, and having a good

general awareness of principles, may have been enough to get you where you

are, but getting better at them will not necessarily take you further. The same

goes for opening knowledge, memory, overall experience, and calculation,

with Soltis writing that there is "a powerful law of diminishing returns in

chess calculation," because it is very rare to even have to see, say, six or seven

moves ahead.

The material is divided into the following chapters:

● Introduction

● What Matters Most

● Habits

● Little Tactics

● More

● Sense

● Winnability

● Easier

● Comp

● Knowing

● Quiz Answers