Lessons with a grandmaster II
Improve your tactical vision and dynamic play

Imagine you are a club player who has been given the opportunity to talk at length with a famous Grandmaster. How would you make the most of this opportunity?

This book is the much anticipated follow-up to the highly acclaimed and award-nominated Lessons with a Grandmaster . It bridges the gap between great player and amateur through a series of conversations between teacher, the renowned Grandmaster Boris Gulko, and student Dr. Joel R. Sneed, a professor of psychology and amateur chess player. The lessons are based on Gulko's own battles against fellow Grandmasters.

This second volume focuses on dynamic chess, developing chess imagination, the capacity to take risks, the ability to simultaneously attack and defend, and perhaps above all, the ability to visualize the chess board and calculate combinations in sharp positions.

• Learn from the chess games of Boris Gulko

• Typical questions you would ask a Grandmaster - answered!

• Improve your tactical play and visualization

Boris Gulko is one of the most distinguished Grandmasters in the chess world. He's a former Soviet Champion and has also won the US Championship twice since his immigration in 1986, making him the only chess player ever to have held both the American and Soviet championship titles.

Dr. Joel R. Sneed is a professor of psychology at Queens College of the City University of New York, an amateur chess enthusiast and a student of Boris Gulko's.

Content:
003 About the Authors

007 Preface

009 Introduction

011 1. B.Gulko-L.Grigorian, Batumi 1969

024 2. B.Gulko-A.Kochyev, Lvov 1978

031 3. E.Sveshnikov-B.Gulko, Volgodonsk 1981

038 4. B.Gulko-N.De Firmian, US Championship, Long Beach 1989

045 5. B.Gulko-P.Poutiainen, Yerevan 1976

054 6. B.Gulko-O.Renet, Marseilles 1986

059 7. B.Gulko-Y.Seirawan, US Championship, Long Beach 1989

068 8. V.Mamoshin-B.Gulko, Odessa 1972

080 9. B.Gulko-M.Chiburdanidze, Frunze 1985

090 10. B.Gulko-B.Ivkov, Polanica Zdroj 1977

102 11. B.Gulko-A.Panchenko, Kishinev 1975

110 12. S.Gorelov-B.Gulko, Minsk 1985

116 13. B.Chesney-B.Gulko, Somerset, USA 1986

127 14. B.Gulko-V.Salov, Reykjavik 1991

136 15. B.Gulko-S.Lputian, Sochi 1985

144 16. B.Gulko-D.Bronstein, Kiev 1969

155 17. Wl.Schmidt-B.Gulko, Yerevan 1976

163 18. B.Gulko-P.Van der Sterren, Amsterdam 1988

171 19. N.Rashkovsky-B.Gulko, Volgodonsk 1981

183 20. B.Gulko-A.Chernin, USSR Championship, Riga 1985

192 21. B.Gulko-R.Scherbakov, Helsinki 1992

201 22. B.Gulko-M.Rivas Pastor, Dos Hermanas 1994

211 23. V.Doroshkievich-B.Gulko, USSR Championship, Yerevan 1975

221 24. B.Gulko-L.Alburt, USSR Championship, Yerevan 1975

230 25. B.Gulko-P.Popovic, Paris 1986

238 26. B.Gulko-L.Portisch, Niksic 1978

248 27. B.Gulko-E.Geller, USSR Championship, Yerevan 1975

259 28. D.Bronstein-B.Gulko, Moscow Championship 1968

272 29. A.Shirov-B.Gulko, Groningen 1993

284 30. R.Vaganian-B.Gulko, Baku 1977

297 Conclusion

299 Index of Openings

300 Index of Opponents