First Steps Av Cyrus Lakdawala

First Steps is a new opening series and is ideal for improving players who want simple and straightforward explanations.

Cyrus Lakdawala analyses all the fundamental endgame positions and carefully explains the methods needed to win the favourable ones and draw the unfavourable ones.

Cyrus Lakdawala studies his favourite Magnus Carlsen games. He examines Carlsen's skills in attack and defence, exploiting imbalances, accumulating advantages and endgame play, and shows us how we can all improve by learning from Carlsen's masterpieces.

Sometimes games appear that seem to have been played on a different planet. Conventional strategies go out of the window and familiar tactical themes are nowhere to be seen. Pieces appear to be in open rebellion and are steadfastly refusing to do the...