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Ep. 65 Ben Johnson - Perpetual Chess Podcast (2100 USCF)

Chess Journeys: Tales of Adult Improvement

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Shanklin's Small Steps to Giant Improvement by Neil McDonald

Kevin: Give us one strategy book at the 1600 plus and then I'll see if I have one will kind of go back and forth and see where we end up. Okay, I'm going to go with the giants of strategy holding it for you here, Kevin, by Neil McDonald. He just goes through different champions lessons from Kramnik, Carprop, Patrosian, Capablanca, and Nimzovich. So some of the best positional players of all times. And he identifies certain themes planning on a grand scale,. How to use the pawn ram, restraint, blockade, and just shows different examples.

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