Smith/Tikkanen: The Woodpecker Method (hardcover) metadata-enriched The Way to the Top

The Way to the Top

GAME 13 - Ding Liren (2778) - Grischuk (2747)

Verständlicher Einstieg ins Mittel- und Endspiel

Thematically closely related to the previous volume "Positional Play"

Smith/Tikkanen: The Woodpecker Method (hardcover) metadata-enriched The Way to the TopThe Woodpecker Method is the name given by Axel Smith to a training system developed by his compatriot and co author Hans Tikkanen. After training with his method in 2010, Tikkanen achieved three GM norms within a seven week period. The quick explanation of the Woodpecker Method is that you need to solve a large number of puzzles in a row; then solve the same puzzles again and again, only faster. It's not a lazy shortcut to success hard work is