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Sacrifice and Initiative in Chess: Seize the Moment to Get the Advantage

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Best Books of 2013 - CHESS Magazine English Chess Federation Book of the Year Finalist Sacrifice and Initiative in Chess  is an entertaining and instructive guide, packed with useful advice and sparkling examples The sacrifice is one of themost beautiful and complex elements of chess. Giving up material in order to get an advantage is often the most difficult decision a player has to take during a game. It can also be the most rewarding. Ivan Sokolov, a true grandmaster of attack, presents a set of practical tools that will help you to master the art of the sacrifice. He concentrates on the aim you are trying to achieve, and he teaches you how to develop your intuition and how to arrive at a reasonable risk assessment.A sacrifice, Sokolov argues, is the natural product of the initiative. This explains why the author devotes a substantial part of the book to this most elusive element of our game. With great clarity he teaches when the initiative is at stake and how you should grab it. Ivan Sokolov  is an International Grandmaster who was born in Bosnia in 1968 and rose to the number 12 spot in the FIDE world rankings. He was Yugoslav champion in 1988 and Dutch champion in 1995 and 1998.  In his rich career Sokolov has beaten world chess champions Garry Kasparov,Vladimir Kramnik and Viswanathan Anand. His previous books The Strategic Nimzo-Indian, The Ruy Lopez Revisitedand Winning Chess Middlegames were widely acclaimed bestsellers. At the 2013 European Team Championship in Warsaw Ivan Sokolov won the Gold Medal for the overall best performing player, with a TPR of 2941. Uwe Bekemann, German Correspondence Chess Federation: "The material this book contains will make it a classic (..) Studying it is fun. Sokolov convinces because he does not simply dish out a parade of examples of sacrifices, but presents complete view on initiative, sacrifice and other elements."  Dennis Monokroussos, The Chess Mind: "Ivan Sokolov may be the strongest active player writing books on middlegame theory, and the quality shows (..) He writes and analyses with great enthusiasm and expertise and the attentive reader will not just be entertained by the great games, he'll be educated as well." British Chess Magazine: "One of the best practical guides ever written." Sam Collins, Chess Today: "The structure is well thought out and makes the material easier to digest (..) The book shines in Sokolov's constant attempts to explain rules and principles (in particular the 'attacking ratio', which dominates most examples) coupled with stories about particular games or concepts." The Judges of the ECF Book of the Year Award: "A delightful book that both instructs and entertains at the same time." Klaus Kreuzer, Rochade Europa Magazine: "Sokolov does an extremely remarkable job (..) His explanations are always convincing and instructive." Hans Ree, NRC Handelsblad: "Presents not just rules of thumb but also specific insights that had never crossed my mind." Sean Marsh, CHESS Magazine: "One of the reasons I like this book is Sokolov's use of firsthand anecdotes (..) A very well-written and highly instructive book." John D. Warth,Chess Club of Southern Indiana: "One of the book#8217;s strongest chapters deals with ignoring our opponents#8217; threats by creating counter-threats of our own (..) 'Sacrifice and Initiative in Chess' is a thought-provoking a nd mature study of great importance." Joe Petrolito, Australasian Chess Magazine: "Sokolov writes clearly and instructively, and once again he has produced an excellent book that is a pleasure to read." Martin Rieger, SchachWelt: "The book offers useful ideas, presents wonderful attacking games and motivates to play creatively. The explanations by this exper

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Stakeholder Capitalism - A Global Economy that Works for Progress, People and Planet John Wiley & Sons Inc

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Think of the global economy as a jigsaw puzzle.At the heart of solving the puzzle and addressing global disturbance and uncertainty lies three identifiable issues that need need to fit: First, income and other inequality within societies has been on the rise, while productivity and wage growth slowed, and countries are burdened by debt. Second, the market power of the world's largest companies reached unprecedented levels, raising questions on the spread of innovation and productivity gains. And third, the exploitation of natural resources is leading to a deteriorating environment, affecting the lives of many for the worse.The debate over what caused this situation is still open: whether laissez-faire governments, a poorly managed globalization, or the rise of technology that favors the few, the possible culprits are legion. In any case, Schwab argues our current system has failed to properly register and address many of the issues we are now faced with.What are the real causes of our system's shortcomings, and what are false positives? Do solutions lie in small adjustments to our current system, or a complete overhaul of it? And what best practices exist around the world, including Asia, that would allow for better outcomes?There are no easy answers, and no single stakeholder can provide them. But it is certain that individual actors do have agency, and that policies matter, when it comes to dealing with external forces. Moreover, as success stories from the Switzerland to Singapore, and from Costa Rica to China show, it is only when government, businesses and individuals all play their respective roles, and agree on a social contract with shared responsibility that societal outcomes will be optimal.Stakeholder Capitalism addresss these problems, and provides achievable answers to solve them. Piece by piece, this new book by Professor Klaus Schwab, Founder and Chairman of the World Economic Forum, shares answers for all stakholders in the global economy, rich and poor, vested and disenfranchised, engaged or searching. The goal: to address problems and provide solutions, piece by piece, stakeholder by stakeholder, country by country, world citizen by world citizen.

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