Secrets of Attacking Chess
Secrets of Attacking Chess

Author: Mihail Marin

Publisher: Gambit Publications

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781904600305

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Understand when, where, and how to attack Features numerous practical examples from top-level play In his celebrated Secrets of Chess Defence, Marin examined the task facing the defender. He now turns his prodigious expertise to the other side of the coin. In this wide-ranging treatise, he discusses many topics including: the balance between attack and defence the premises for initiating an attack advantage in development intuitive sacrifices ...and much more Looks at all aspects of attacking play, from the decision to attack right through to the finish

Secrets of Chess Defence
Secrets of Chess Defence

Author: Mihail Marin

Publisher: Gambit Publications

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781901983913

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Good defensive abilities earn players a great many half-points and full-points. The climax of the defense is the launch of a devastating counter-attack, a skill at which all the great chess champions have been adept. Of particular interest to club players is Marin's discussion of how to defend against unsound attacks, and the problem of how to parry the attack while retaining winning chances. Other topics include attack and defense in equal positions, where both sides must judge carefully how much of their resources to devote to the attack and the counter-attack. The main subject, though, is the case where the defender is fighting for his life, and must decide how to maximize his chances of survival. Marin considers psychological issues and explains the main options available to the defender: simplification, cold-blooded defense, a positional sacrifice, 'blackmailing' the attacker, or a counter-attack.

Great Attackers
Great Attackers

Author: Colin Crouch

Publisher:

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781857445794

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Colin Crouch studies his favorite attacking players, and highlights all the important themes of one of the most crucial elements of the game.

Modern Chess Strategy
Modern Chess Strategy

Author: Ludek Pachman

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2012-04-26

Total Pages: 322

ISBN-13: 0486135705

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The use of the queen, the active king, exchanges, pawn play, the center, weak squares, more. Often considered the most important book on strategy. 298 diagrams.

Storming the Barricades
Storming the Barricades

Author: Larry Christiansen

Publisher: Gambit Publications

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781901983258

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A top-class grandmaster takes more than 50 real-life positions, breaks each one down into its key elements and explains the right strategy for conducting a successful attack. The examples are selected to illustrate a wide variety of attacking themes and to provide an instructive and accurate picture of how modern players attack and defend. This book tackles the vital phases of deciding how and where to attack in the first place, and build up the offensive without giving the opponent any real counter-chances.

Improve Your Attacking Chess
Improve Your Attacking Chess

Author: Simon Williams

Publisher: Gambit Publications

Published: 2004-06-08

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781904600091

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Checkmating the enemy king is the ultimate goal in chess. In this book Simon Williams helps readers to practice and improve their skills in this vital area of practical chess. A mating attack typically involves a build-up of forces, followed by an opening of lines, often involving a sacrifice. Once the enemy king is exposed, it is either checkmated, or only saved at a great cost in material. The puzzles in this book are pertinent to all these phases, and involve questions of where to attack and what pieces to use. Topics include: Attacking the king caught in the centre; Central breakthrough; Standard sacrifices against the castled king; Chasing the king; Endgame mates; Combinative themes.

The Art of Attacking Chess
The Art of Attacking Chess

Author: Zenon Franco

Publisher: Attacking Chess

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781904600978

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All chess-players love to play a smooth attacking game, flowing from start to finish, and sprinkled with spectacular ideas and sacrifices. However, few can do so regularly, and for most players, their collection of brilliancies missed far outweighs their creative successes. Innate talent plays an important role, but many of the skills needed for attacking chess can be learnt by study and practice. Here, one of the world's most experienced annotators has selected 33 superb examples, and explained them in a way that strips away the mystery. We see how the decision to attack is made, and which positional factors led to that decision being justified. We observe either a gradual build-up, or a lightning-fast storm, and understand why one approach or the other was necessary. Finally, we witness the final execution of the tactical blows. To check that we have truly grasped the ideas, Franco presents us with plentiful exercises, where it is we who have to perform the heroics.

Chess Secrets
Chess Secrets

Author: Neil McDonald

Publisher:

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781857445411

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A guide to chess strategy uses examples from such players as Nimzowitsch and Kramnik to illustrate developments in chess strategy.

Attacking Chess
Attacking Chess

Author: Josh Waitzkin

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 1995-08

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 0684802503

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Josh Waitzkin combines personal anecdotes with solid instruction in this unique introduction to the game of chess. Concentrating on teaching young or new players how to beef up their attacks, Waitzkin presents 40 different chess challenges. He introduces each problem with a brief description of the game from which it was drawn. 50 line drawings.

Sacrifice and Initiative in Chess
Sacrifice and Initiative in Chess

Author: Ivan Sokolov

Publisher: New In Chess

Published: 2014-05-28

Total Pages: 253

ISBN-13: 9056914774

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lThe sacrifice is one of the most beautiful, rewarding and complex aspects of chess. During a game the decision to give up material in order to get an advantage is probably the most difficult one a player has to take. Often, you have to burn your bridges without being able to fully calculate the consequences. Risks and rewards are racing through your mind, fighting for precedence while the clock keeps ticking. Now is the moment, because after the next move the window for this opportunity may be closed. In this book Ivan Sokolov presents a set of practical tools that will help you to master the art of sacrifice. By concentrating on the aim you are trying to achieve, rather than on the opening you are playing or the piece you might be going to sack, he teaches you how to come to a reasonable risk assessment and how to trust your intuition. There is a separate part on seizing the initiative without actually giving up material. Ivan Sokolov has written an entertaining and instructive guide, packed with useful advice and lots of practical examples.