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    This document provides a suggested training plan for chess players to improve from beginner to master level in 4 stages. The stages include tactics, positional play, endgames, and openings. It recommends specific books to study for each stage in a given sequence to progress skills over time. The goal is to ultimately engage in mixed training incorporating multiple elements when reaching a rating of 2000.

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    Livro de iniciação ao xadrez (em inglês).

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    This document provides a suggested training plan for chess players to improve from beginner to master level in 4 stages. The stages include tactics, positional play, endgames, and openings. It recommends specific books to study for each stage in a given sequence to progress skills over time. The goal is to ultimately engage in mixed training incorporating multiple elements when reaching a rating of 2000.

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    Dear friends,

    This is a sugestion of a road for you tofollow from beginner to master.

    Happy training!

    HOW TO TRAIN

    As an amateur, u will have to divide your training sessions into 4 parts


    equal in duration. I suggest using the following books for every section
    in the following sequence.

    TACTICS:
    Neishtadt � Tactical
    Henkin � 1000
    Pachman � Tactics in 2 vols � Pieces and Attack
    Vukovic � Art of Attack
    Neishtadt � Improve Your Chess Tactics
    Beim � How to Calculate
    Beim � Dynamic Play
    Muller � Chess Cafe Puzzle 1

    POSITIONAL PLAY
    Chernev � Logical Chess (begnner)
    Seirawan - Strategy
    Weeramantry
    Adam Hunt � Strategy Move by Move
    Romanovsky
    Euwe and Kramer
    Soltis � Pawn Structure
    Hellsten � Masteraing Opening Strategy
    Hellsten � Mastering Chess Strategy

    ENDGAMES
    Flear � Improve Endgame
    De la Villa � 100
    Shereshevsky � Endgame Strategy
    Shereshevsky � Mastering Vol 1, 2
    Marin � Learn from the Legends

    OPENINGS
    Seirawan � Winning Openings (beginner)
    Neishtadt � Opening Catastrophes (opening tactics)
    Than the Starting Out series by Everyman.

    MIXED TRAINING
    When u reach 2000 and start doing mixed training, use the following:
    Popov � Chess Lessons
    Hort and Jansa � Best Move
    Volokitin � Perfect your Chess
    Nunn � Puzzle Book
    Dvoretsky � the so called books on strategy, very difficult.

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