{"product_id":"leela-mating-patterns-boost-your-attacking-play-daniel-gormally","title":"Leela Mating Patterns: Boost Your Attacking Play! - Daniel Gormally","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(164, 30, 30);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePRE-ORDER: DUE NOVEMBER 2026\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLeela Mating Patterns: Boost Your Attacking Play!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eby Grandmaster Daniel Gormally\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRecently chess engines have been making waves; they are now so much stronger than human chess players they can give us material and a beating. Inspired by his own humiliations at the hands of the A.I. chess Engine Leela, English Chess Grandmaster Daniel Gormally takes us through the best mating patterns of Leela, an engine that seems born to attack.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this educational, instructive and entertaining volume you will be taught to:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLearn an opening repertoire based around Leela’s “contempt factor” of avoiding exchanges while accumulating small advantages:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTaught Leela’s most destructive attacking ideas. \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShown how this translates to tournament play, as Gormally takes us through his recent adventures on the English and European chess circuit.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis inspiring volume will help to make you a much more dangerous chess player when holding the initiative- guided by Leela, an engine that seems to revolutionise attacking play. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEnglish chess Grandmaster Daniel Gormally is both an active tournament player and a writer and coach. He currently lives In Alnwick, Northumberland and is the author of several chess books including Pandemic Shark, and Amateur mistakes and how to avoid them. He recently finished 2nd in the European senior championships in Italy and represented England in the World senior team championships in Durres, Albania.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0478\/2876\/2775\/files\/leela-mating-patterns-gormally-sample.pdf?v=1792675022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eVIEW PDF SAMPLE-\u0026gt;\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9789493435360, Hardback, 274 pages, Thinkers Publishing\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Thinkers Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57632754368887,"sku":"9789493435360","price":35.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0478\/2876\/2775\/files\/leela-mating-patterns-gormally-500px.jpg?v=1792675438","url":"https:\/\/chess.co.uk\/products\/leela-mating-patterns-boost-your-attacking-play-daniel-gormally","provider":"The Chess Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}