It is not the quality of your best moves that wins you games it is the quality of your worst
moves. The quickest way to improve your chess skills is to raise the bar. The Spanish
grandmaster and coach Jesus de la Villa has proven with his best-seller 100 Endgames You Must
Know that he understands exactly what a chess student needs. Building on his experience as a
writer and as a coach for juniors he has carefully selected the 50 Mistakes every player
should be aware of - so the mistake can be avoided. De la Villa loves this quote from the
American First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt: ?Learn from the errors of others. You can't live long
enough to make them all yourself.' For over a decade De la Villa has closely observed the
Spanish junior championships noting the recurring errors that players make. He has taken notes
classified these errors and created training tasks based on them. From this wealth of chess
exercises he has selected the most impactful and has added recommendations how to correct the
error. Your performance will improve dramatically because this book offers you: ?
