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Publisher: Chess Stars, 2007
Edition: Paperback small
ISBN: 978-9-548782-59-3
Pages: 88
Language: English

Chess Stars Publishing presents the famous series of test games “How Well Do I Play Chess”. The books “Open Games”, “Semi-Open Games”, and “Gambits”, have been printed in more than 50,000 copies in Russia. The author – Vsevolod Kostrov from St. Petersburg – has been coaching young talents for 20 years. Whole generations of Russian players have grown up on his books.

“Children often ask their coaches, or their parents “How well do I play chess?” We will help young players answer that question themselves, and we will improve their level of play in the process.” That is the point of Kostrov’s books – he teaches by involving the element of competition. A chess set, a pen and sheet of paper - that's all the reader needs to measure his chess strength against the Russian standards, and learn basic opening theory at the same time.

Test your understanding of the following gambits: King's Gambit, Central, Volga, Evans, Jaenisch, Staunton, Albin, Falkbeer, ...

This book has been written mostly for children and their assistant-coaches.