The Big Book of Combinations
Author: Eric Schiller
Publisher:
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 266
ISBN-13: 9781886040144
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Middlegames
Author: László Polgár
Publisher: Konemann-Ellipsis
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 1015
ISBN-13: 9783895086830
DOWNLOAD EBOOKChess
Author: László Polgár
Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal
Published: 2013-08-13
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781579129507
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWin at chess with practical instruction from one of the world's leading teachers! With clever strategies for more than 5000 situations and clear diagrams, Chess is for the enthusiastic novice as well as the competitor taking the game to the next level. Chess takes you through more than 5,000 unique instructional situations, many taken from actual matches, including 306 problems for checkmate in one move, 3,412 mates in two moves, 744 mates in three moves, 144 simple endgames, and 128 tournament game combinations. Organized by problem type, each combination, or game is keyed to an easy-to-follow solution at the back of the book.. More than 6,000 illustrations make it easy to see the possibilities regardless of where your pieces are on the board. The book also includes the basic rules of the game and an international bibliography. Chess is the ultimate book on winning the game.
Winning Chess Combinations
Author: Yasser Seirawan
Publisher: Everyman Chess
Published: 2006-06-01
Total Pages: 583
ISBN-13: 1781945144
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCombinations are the central element in chess; they make the game so magical and captivating. The beautiful point of sacrificing a queen, the strongest piece, in order to checkmate with a lowly pawn brings a smile of joy to all chess lovers. Virtually all chess games possess a combination, either one hidden in the shadows of analysis carefully avoided or one that provides a decisive blow. Winning Chess Combinations is a unique work that doesn't merely repeat the wonderfully rich and vast numbers of combinations, asking readers to solve a particular diagrammed position; it is a work that is far more realistic. A combination involves a sacrifice upsetting the balance of forces, but will it work or tragically boomerang? The reader is invited to solve this critical question by identifying the advantages that a specific position holds which might make the combination successful.
Big Book of Chess Combinations
Author: Eric Schiller
Publisher:
Published: 2016-01-24
Total Pages: 286
ISBN-13: 9784871874328
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book provides one thousand combinations from chess tournament play. It is not the typical book with positions and their solutions. Rather, it tests the actual players against the computer. Sometimes the computer finds the correct solution but not always. The reader needs to study the positions and determine for himself whether the move selected by the computer is correct or not. The reader is encouraged to make notes in the spaces provided in the back and then to come back over time and review his notes to see whether or not the solution he found is correct. The objective is to sharpen the player's tactical skills by solving representative combinations that appear in typical games. The complete solutions are not provided; only the first move. This is a unique book with a method not to be found in any other chess book.
Combinations
Author: Irving Chernev
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Published: 2012-08-30
Total Pages: 271
ISBN-13: 0486157865
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIrving Chernev's outstanding chess books earn him a high rank among the world's top chess authors. In this well-annotated text, Mr. Chernev guides his readers to an understanding of the subtleties of combinative play. Step-by-step from the simplest combinations to the most complex, the book explains the intricacies of pins and counter-pins, Knight forks, smothered mates, and other elements of combination play. There is a discussion in chapter five of combinations lurking in roads not taken — alternate lines of play show up in Chernev's notes to the game, while the sixth chapter, "Convincing the Kibitzers," shows the second-guessers what would have happened had the masters done the obvious. (Some disastrous combinations show up here.) A host of boomerangs follow — cases where the player didn't look far enough ahead and his combination, instead of bringing about the opponent's ruin, paved the way to his defeat. Chapters eight through twenty one take up combinations used by such great players as Tarrasch, Botvinnik, Nimzovich, Steinitz, Rubinstein, and Pillsbury; the sacrificial combinations of Anderssen and Spielmann; the dazzling brilliancies of Morphy, Keres, and Alekhine; the deadly attacks of Marshall; the almost unfathomable ideas of Lasker; and the matchless creations of Capablanca. Mr. Chernev's thoughtful annotations unravel the secrets of each of these plans. A diagram accompanies each combination; an index, by player, leads the reader to the combination he is looking for.
The Art of Chess Combination
Author: Eugene Znosko-Borovsky
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Published: 2013-12-31
Total Pages: 244
ISBN-13: 0486147541
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis essential work provides modern explanations of principles, varieties, and techniques of combination maneuvers, plus the ideas behind them. Examples from the games of many great players provide illustrations. 200 diagrams.
1001 Brilliant Ways to Checkmate
Author: Fred Reinfeld
Publisher: SCB Distributors
Published: 2014-06-03
Total Pages: 405
ISBN-13: 1936490838
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA 21st-Century Edition of a Great Checkmate Collection! Ask most chessplayers from the “baby boomer” generation how they acquired and sharpened their tactical skills, and chances are a Fred Reinfeld tactics collection will be part of their answer. And now, for the first time, 1001 Brilliant Ways to Checkmate is available in modern algebraic notation. This may be the all-time great checkmate collection, with forced checkmate positions culled mainly from actual play. And Reinfeld's selection is simply marvelous, touching on all the important tactical themes. In short, this is an outstanding book to hone your tactical abilities. It will help you recognize mating patterns, develop visualization skills, enhance imagination, and improve tactical sharpness. And now, with a modern 21st-century edition of this great checkmate collection finally available, there is no excuse for not only improving your tactical skills, but also enjoying yourself along the way.
The Big Book of Chess
Author: Eric Schiller
Publisher: Cardoza
Published: 2006-08-01
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781580421331
DOWNLOAD EBOOKReaders not only learn the basics of chess and how to play it well, they also learn all about the game-from the world champions and famous games, to all sorts of chess trivia, to famous people who just love playing chess. The major openings, and some tricky ones as well, are presented in a simplified manner, then Schiller shows how to go on the attack, play the middle game, and then finish it. Ten different tactics are shown with many examples, plus the basic fifteen mates every player must know. An easy-to-read format, big print, many sidebars and clear explanations make the Big Book of Chess a pleasure to read!
Chess Gems
Author: Igor Sukhin
Publisher:
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780979148255
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCombinations have long been considered the most creative aspect of chess. From the vast sea of chess games a thousand combinations have been chosen: the most artistic, elegant, and famous. Yet chess tactics are not only for aesthetic enjoyment : they help win games.This book will expand your chess horizons and help you to* See how chess combinations have evolved over the last 1,000 years* Learn to recognize tactical patterns from real-life examples* Improve your chances of finishing off your opponent with a tactical blow* Find combinations missed by GrandmastersChess Gems is certain to sharpen your knowledge of both tactics and chess history.
