Bøger af Tim Sawyer

If you like short, fast-paced chess gambit wins for White, this may be the book for you. These games involve normal online chess players who are not masters. I, Tim Sawyer, played chess for 50 years and wrote 100 chess books.This Blackmar-Diemer Gambit book has 50 games my son Travis Sawyer played in late 2022. He found lots of mates. This book is purely for entertainment value. All the players in this book were rated below 1600 at that time. Games are mostly blitz with some bullet and rapid games included. Travis told me that he had at least 50 chess games with the Blackmar-Diemer Gambit that he won in 20 moves or less. He was right! I selected 50 games he played in late 2022. Six games are slightly longer than 20 moves. I enjoy them. I didn't need to check out more of his earlier games. My analysis is objective without being overly critical. I refer to the player with White as "Travis," so I don't confuse him with games in many other books where I play as "Sawyer."All players blunder in blitz. Opening theory and endgame knowledge help your play, but tactics win most games. If you want better games, see my previous Chess Strategy Blackmar-Diemer Gambit books or my older BDG books.A chess player friend of mine told me that his intermediate opponents never play the main lines of popular openings. That gave me an idea for this series of books on "How to Beat Intermediate Chess Players" in a variety of openings.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!

These 200 puzzles in the Sicilian Defence teach you to find checkmates. You can win quickly after 1.e4 c5. This book is your tool to help you find checkmates early in the game. How are the puzzles easy? Because every move is a check. Even the mates in two begin with a check. How are they puzzles? Because there is more than one possible check.Here is the secret. Immediately look for the enemy king. Find all the ways you can check him. Choose the one that does not let him get away. Checkmate. You can do it! Tim Sawyer gives you 50 mates in one and 50 mates in two with each color. Why play to checkmate early? If you win in the opening, you eliminate all possible later dangers.There are three levels of skill you can develop. First, you learn what checkmates can occur in the opening. Second, you learn to solve them correctly. Third, you learn them so well that you cannot miss them. Your opponent's king cannot move when it is your move. He is stuck on one square for the moment. All you have to do is check the king immediately so that he cannot escape. Puzzles 1 to 100 are all White to move. White starts at the bottom of those diagrams. Puzzles 101 to 200 are all Black to move. Black starts at the bottom of those diagrams. Repeated practice makes you a winner. Go forth and win!

This chess opening for Black gives you 200 diagrams after 1.e4 e5 and 1.d4 d5. Your repertoire is set for you to play the Black side of the Ruy Lopez and the Semi-Slav Defence. Analyzed positions are selected based on the popularity of play, based on what has the highest performance rating, or based on the best chess engine evaluation. Black chooses bold unbalanced play in reliable defensive systems. The plan is to accept almost every gambit that White offers and threaten to win with the extra material. The first half of the book covers 1.e4 e5. The second half covers 1.d4 d5 plus related ideas after 1.Nf3 and 1.c4.This Playbook series tells you what to play. There are 200 key positions for Black in response to what White most often plays. Five moves for Black are added below most of the diagrams. That gives you hundreds of moves for your preparation. The openings covered after 1.e4 e5 include King's Gambit, Vienna Game, Bishop's Opening, Scotch Game, Italian Game, and Ruy Lopez. After 1.d4 d5 Black has lines to play against Trompowsky, London System, Blackmar-Diemer Gambit, Queens Gambit, and Semi-Slav Defence. Let this Playbook guide you. It's your move in every diagram. Start well and you will win more games. Be prepared!

Play 1.e4! Do you need help finding good chess opening moves? Many grandmasters win with a popular 1.e4 repertoire. Every position is selected based on what chess masters usually play, based on what has the highest performance rating, or based on the best chess engine evaluation. Each diagram has occurred in thousands of chess games, but some of the analysis that follows contains original ideas. This reliable opening for White with 1.e4 is proportioned according to how often you are likely to see each defense. Since Sicilian Defence is played by Black 40% of the time, the Sicilian is given 40% of the book coverage. Some other openings include Ruy Lopez, French Defence, Caro-Kann Defence, Alekhine Defence, Pirc, Scandinavian, and others.This Playbook series tells you what to play. There are 200 key positions based on what Black most often plays. Five moves for White are added below most of the diagrams. That gives you hundreds of moves for your preparation. Tim Sawyer has played the 1.e4 openings as White more than 7000 times, compared to the Blackmar-Diemer Gambit (4000 times), the Queen's Gambit and London Systems (3000 times). Let Tim guide you. It's your move in every diagram. Start well and you will win more games. Be prepared!

Play the Open Games with 1.e4 e5. Enjoy sharp openings and fast tactics. Have fast. Win quickly! Tim Sawyer shares his adventures in these openings. He tells you stories from 45 years of play vs masters, experts and club players. Tim provides you with opening insights on theory from main lines to gambits. This upgraded Kindle version is designed to match the paperback version. There are 202 games, updated commentary and an index of player names to the game numbers.Double King Pawn defenses are played by grandmasters from both sides of the board. This book covers the Vienna Game, King's Gambit, Latvian Gambit, Italian Game, Ruy Lopez and others.You can find checkmate themes in all these openings. To help you, related games are grouped together. You will find games full of interesting ideas from years of the author's own blog posts. They provide creative ideas and ways to improve.Consider new strategy and tactics and your interest will soar! When the author tried new variations 30 years ago, it turned his own career around and led to higher ratings. You are going to win games that you want to show your friends. Stay excited. Have fun playing chess!

How many jobs will you have in your career? I never imagined as a young man that I'd have about 30 jobs in my lifetime or that I would end up in Christian ministry. I failed a lot. Then I had to reinvent myself. I continually learned new tasks. My story shows that you can change and move on. You may find fame and fortune. I found success in a life I loved even though I had failures, tragedies, and struggles. I do not represent or speak for any of my employers. I describe my work situations the way I experienced them. Others may have experienced the same events differently. I'm grateful for everyone who ever hired me. My journey begins with my first year in college. Check it out.

Play Queen Pawn openings via 1.d4 d5. Enjoy the 2.Bf4 London System and the 2.c4 Queen's Gambit with its many defenses. In this 2018 Second Edition Tim Sawyer shares 180 games and stories from his 45-year career and other games that interest him from masters, experts, and club players. This book covers Colle and London Systems, Queen's Gambits, Albin Counter Gambit, Slav Defence, Queen's Gambit Declined and others. Join the masters. Play Double Queen Pawn lines.This 2018 edition has updated commentary and an index of player names to the game numbers. This book covers all the openings that begin 1.d4 d5 - except NOT the Blackmar-Diemer Gambit. Tim covers that gambit in great detail in his other books. You can find checkmate themes in all these openings. To help you, related games are grouped together. You will find games full of interesting ideas from years of the author's own writing. They provide creative ideas and ways to improve.Learn to win the center. Improve your control of the chess board. This book is full of little-known lines as well as a review of the main lines. Consider new strategy and tactics and your interest will soar! Stay excited. Play chess and have fun!

Do you love chess openings? Are you an experienced player who reads English algebraic notation? Want a repertoire to play 200 chess openings from either side? If yes, this is for you. Get it now.Author Tim Sawyer spent four years compiling this collection of Chess Opening Repertoire Moves 4 for his use. You can enjoy it too. This fourth edition has grown to 200 opening variations for White and Black. This book revises and replaces the older versions that had 50, 100, or 150 opening repertoires.This book has no diagrams and no explanations. The book is not for chess beginners unless they learn chess opening notation.Why can you trust the variations given in this book? You don't have to. Tim Sawyer has decades of experience using openings, databases and chess engines. Tim chose lines that he trusts.Here's the step by step process that Tim Sawyer used to choose the moves for these 200 opening variations:First, he made sure to cover the most popular moves.Second, he looked to see what the masters prefer to play.Third, he checked the analysis of reliable chess engines.Fourth, he leaned toward deeper chess engine analysis.Fifth, he added obvious moves that chess engines ignore.Sixth, he presented an overall unified approach for each side.Seventh, he covered his favorite openings more than others.Opening repertoires include Grob, Sokolsky, Bird's Opening From Gambit, English Opening, Trompowsky, Benko, Benoni, Dutch, Nimzowitsch, Scandinavian, Alekhine, Pirc, Caro-Kann, Sicilian, French, Kings Gambit, Latvian, Elephant, Evans Gambit, Philidor, Petroff, Scotch, Four Knights, Italian Game, Ruy Lopez, BDG, London System, Chigorin, Albin Counter, Slav, Semi-Slav, Queens Gambit Accepted and Declined, Gruenfeld, Catalan, Queens Indian, Nimzo-Indian, and King's Indian Defence.This Chess Training Repertoire Moves 4 expands and updates the older version of the author's Chess Training Repertoire 3.

Easy Knight Mates teaches you how to mate with a knight very early in a chess game. This makes you more aware of surprising tactical possibilities in chess openings.You can win games quicker when you know knight mating patterns. This skill will make you harder to beat. You will be more dangerous as a chess player to all your opponents.Each diagram shows the position where a knight can mate in one move. Since every game must mate with a knight, it follows that all wins are checks - always with a knight.Each diagram starts with White at the bottom and Black at the top. Above the diagram, I note whether it is White to play or if it is Black to play. Find the bold mating move.Below each diagram I provide the previous moves played just before the mating move to give you some context.The diagram positions anticipate an immediate bold mate. The mate move is in bold type. Look for the bold move.It may seem easy to mate in one, but the final knight move came as a shock to the players who lost in these games.How do I know? In a few cases I'm the one who got mated. When it happened, I was like, "What the heck? Oh darn! Didn't see that coming. I've got to do better next time."I arranged these mates in chapters based on the openings classified by Encyclopedia of Chess Openings (ECO).These easy knight mates can be fun. Go forth and enjoy!

Play Indian Defences with 1.d4 Nf6. Choose dynamic counter-attacks. Enjoy grandmaster openings and win. This 2018 Second Edition has 202 games is easier to use with commentary, analysis, and opinions by Tim Sawyer and an index of player names to game numbers.This book covers King's Indian and Gruenfeld Defences. Explore the Budapest Gambit, Benko Gambit or Benoni Defence. Study the solid Catalan, Nimzo-Indian or Queen's Indian Defense. Or avoid 2.c4. Choose the Trompowsky, Colle or London System.Enjoy hypermodern openings. Fight for the center. Improve your control of the chess board. Tim Sawyer shares adventures and stories from 45 years playing masters, experts, and club players.This book covers all the openings that begin 1.d4 Nf6 except for those with an immediate 2...d5. Not covered in Indian Defences are 2...d5 (see Queen Pawn 1.d4 d5) or Huebsch Gambit after 2.Nc3 d5 3.e4 Nxe4 (see Blackmar-Diemer Games 2 (Declined).You can find checkmate themes in all these openings. To help you, related games are grouped together. You will find games full of interesting ideas from years of the author's own writing. They provide creative ideas and ways to improve.Consider new strategy and tactics and your interest will soar! You could win games that you may want to show your friends. Stay excited. Have fun. Try it!

Play Bird's Opening 1.f4 and Dutch Defence 1...f5 and win! This 2018 Second Edition has 200 games. You can always play 1.f4 as White. You play 1...f5 as Black against 1.d4 or 1.c4 or 1.Nf3 or anything except 1.e4. Don't worry about other openings. The Bird 1.f4 and the Dutch 1...f5 openings mirror each other. Author Tim Sawyer shares 200 games where he explains what it is like to play these openings or play against them. He spent 45 years playing masters, experts and club players in tournament, correspondence (3 days per move) and blitz games.Bird's Opening begins with 1.f4. It was promoted by Henry Bird. Later Tartakower and Larson tried it. Schwarz, Soltis, Schiller, Hayward, Taylor, and Lakdawala have written on it. Tim Sawyer learned from them. Many masters, experts and club players like these openings. The author has played them since the 1970s. Dealing with Dutch Defence 1...f5 chess opening surprises in your games can make you a better player. Over the years Tim Sawyer has studied Dutch Defence theory in books by Smith, Schwarz, Bellin, Harding, Christiansen, Schiller, Martin, McDonald, Johnsen, Kindermann, Pinksi, and Williams, as well as many others. Sometimes it is called the Hollandaise Defense. Related games are grouped together. They are full of interesting ideas. They tell about fascinating chess players. Examine a huge variety of openings from main lines to gambits. They provide creative ideas and ways to improve. Try the Bird and Dutch!