About the Author

Valeri Beim is a grandmaster who lives in Austria. He has won numerous tournaments and plays in the Austrian and German leagues. For many years he was the head trainer at the chess school in Odessa, and he was also the trainer of the Israeli Olympiad team. Among his highly successful previous books are How to Calculate Chess Tactics and How to Play Dynamic Chess.

Reviews

Bringing all this material together into a coherent and logical complex is, I think, the extraordinary achievement of the author. Beim highlights important benchmarks and best practices in the text. This helps the reader to train and develop his talents. -- Uwe Bekemann German Correspondence Chess Federation Beim demystifies the matter. Using excellently presented games, the intuitive way of playing chess is explained in a refreshingly classical and instructive way. Der Standard This book strikes me as an unusual thoughtful one. Beim has made a great effort to come up with a coherent theory of intuition, and there is plenty to enjoy along the way. -- Grandmaster Luke McShane New in Chess Magazine Very good are the prose and abundant explanations. Here is an experienced grandmaster spilling the beans! -- Martin Rieger Rochade Europa Magazine