CHESS STRATEGY SICILIAN 1.e4 c5 COLLECTION How to Beat Intermediate Chess Players (Sawyer Chess Strategy)

Chess Strategy Sicilian 3.d4
Chess Strategy Sicilian 2.Nf3
Chess Strategy Sicilian 1.e4 c5
Chess Strategy Short Games (1.e4 c5 only)
Chess Strategy 1.e4 c5 Extra
Author Tim Sawyer's note:
I use strategy for my comments to explain what's going on. I follow any of these steps. 1. Describe the current position. 2. Imagine how to improve it. 3. Plan how to get there.
My opening philosophy against intermediate players is to challenge them in the center quickly with as many pawns and pieces as possible. I prefer a classical style for this.
My strategy is to win games by just playing good moves. Good moves will never give you a bad position. Unless you are in a position where there is only one good move, you don't have to be perfect. Just play a good move. You'll do fine. If your pieces are safe and active, it's a good move!
A chess player friend of mine told me that his intermediate opponents never play the main lines of popular openings. He said that his knowledge of opening theory did not help. That gave me an idea for this series of books on "How to Beat Intermediate Chess Players" using popular openings. Intermediate players typically range from 1300 to 1799. Yes, I can beat most intermediate players most of the time with any opening. Where am I going to find such players?
For ten months, I played 2650 unrated 10-minute games (formerly blitz, now called rapid). I won 2500 games. I drew 38, and I lost 112 games. Because I attack immediately in the opening, I won 300 short games in less than 10 moves.
I chose to play 10-minute rapid games vs random guests on chess.com. That way I'd never be under time pressure. Five to seven seconds per move is an easy pace for me.
I was a USCF Postal Chess Master. I won an International Correspondence Chess Federation Master Class event. I played Board 4 for the USA in the 10th Correspondence Olympiade 1982-84. I was an Expert in USCF tournament play. I played blitz chess in the Internet Chess Club for 22 years with standard, blitz, and bullet ratings all over 2200. My peak blitz rating was 2492 back in 1998. Now it's 2050.
To be a complete player, you must study complete games. I can win in the opening, the middlegame or the endgame.
Pattern recognition is key to tactical skills. As you improve, you will notice and remember patterns of pawn structure or of piece arrangements that lead to tactics. Some lead to checkmates. Others lead to combinations that win material.
Intermediate chess players lose because they fail to keep their pieces safe, fail to activate all their pieces, fail to spot checkmates, and fail to see combinations that win material.
I assume that you can read algebraic chess notation. The diagrams have White at the bottom of the board. Thank you for reading my books. I hope you enjoy this one!


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