Müller/Engel: The Human Factor in Chess Erzählungen und Romane Averbakh won the USSR championship

Averbakh won the USSR championship in 1954 ahead of aces like Kortchnoi

He keeps the complexity of the analysis within bounds

He is a highly experienced chess teacher

He recounts the history of the line and provides a short but colourful biography of its originator

In his foreword

Müller/Engel: The Human Factor in Chess Erzählungen und Romane Averbakh won the USSR championship4 types of players with their strengths and weaknesses Playing styles in chess are an important and often discussed topic. GM Dr. Karsten Mller and GM Luis Engel take up a model by GM Lars Bo Hansen based on 4 types of players 'activists', 'pragmatics', 'theorists' and so called 'reflectors'. Their respective strengths and weaknesses are explained based on many examples, complemented by numerous exercises to enable the reader to assign himself to one