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Most games are won or lost not through brilliant tactics but through precise technique in these endgames

His most famous books are The Most Flexible Sicilian and Understanding the QGA

and even though he had to endure some bitter defeats due to his aggressive

Shirov returns to problems to solve

“Magnus Carlsen’s Middlegame Evolution is another fine effort from Ivan Sokolov on his patented middlegame territory

Willemze: The Chess Toolbox UpdateSN_required true Most games are won orPractical Techniques Everyone Should Know In chess, as in repair or construction jobs, you will not get very far without the right equipment. If you want to win more games you simply need the right tools. Unfortunately, most amateur chess players have no toolbox to speak of. What's more, they don't even know which tools they actually need. Or what tools are available. If a chess hardware store would exist, most amateur chess players would be clueless