Tactics Training - Hikaru Nakamura: How to improve your Chess with Hikaru Nakamuraand become a Chess Tactics Master

By Frank Erwich

Have you always wanted to play chess like American #1 chess player? This tactics training book gives you the opportunity to make the same wonderful moves as Nakamura did in his games. One hundred puzzles are offered in which the bullet-expert turned the game in his favour. The puzzles start at a moderate level then get steadily more difficult. Can you match the performances of Nakamura?

• Language: English
• Publisher: New in Chess
• Release date: Feb 2, 2016
• ISBN: 9789056916695

Frank Erwich

Frank Erwich is a FIDE Master and an experienced chess trainer from the Netherlands. He holds a Master’s degree in Psychology. In 2019 he published the bestselling 1001 Chess Exercises for Club Players.

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ISBN: 978-90-5691-694-7

Hikaru Nakamura

Have you always wanted to play chess like American #1 chess player? This tactics training book gives you the opportunity to make the same wonderful moves as Nakamura did in his games. One hundred puzzles are offered in which the bullet-expert turned the game in his favour. The puzzles start at a moderate level then get steadily more difficult. Can you match the performances of Nakamura?

Nakamura was born 1987. The three-time U.S. Champion has won many tournaments. Among his tournament victories are Tata Steel 2011 and Zurich and Gibraltar in 2015. In 2015 he reached a peak ELO rating of above 2800 and was #2 in the World Rankings.

GMHikaru (�Twitter) has never made a secret of his intention to become World Champion. In an interview with New in Chess Magazine (January 2014) he made the well-known statement: 'I do feel at the moment I am the biggest threat of Carlsen'.

No doubt Nakamura is admired for his uncompromising style: 'there is no point of taking draws'. But also his entertaining way of chess makes him a frequently requested participant at any chess