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Gerard Welling
Books by Gerard Welling
The Lasker Method to Improve in Chess
A Manual for Modern-Day Club Players
By Gerard Welling and Steve Giddins
Many club players think that studying chess is all about cramming as much information in their brain as they can. Most textbooks support that notion by stressing the importance of always trying to find the objectively best move. As a result, amateur players are spending way too much time worrying...
Side-stepping Mainline Theory
Cut Down on Chess Opening Study and Get a Middlegame You are Familiar With
By Gerard Welling and Steve Giddins
The average chess player spends too much time on studying opening theory. In his day, World Champion Emanuel Lasker argued that improving amateurs should spend about 5% of their study time on openings. These days club players are probably closer to 80%, often focusing on opening lines that are po...