Article Number
LXLEVPCCAS
Author
Play chess combinations and sacrifices
186 pages, paperback, Cadogan, 2. edition 1986
Discontinued
Every chess-player dreams of dazzling sacrifices and unexpected combinations that will win them games and impress their friends. International Master David Levy explains how you can learn to recognise the opportunity to undertake a brilliant attack and deliver your own stunning finishing stroke.
·Explains the typical motifs of combinational and sacrifical play
·Uses examples from the world's finest attacking players, such as Bobby Fischer and Mikhail Tal
·Includes 40 tests to check your tactical understanding
David Levy is an International Master who has represented Scotland on many occasions in Chess Olympiads. He is the author of several best-selling chess books and is regarded as one of the world's leading experts on computer chess.| EAN | 1857441125 |
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| Manufacturer | Cadogan |
| Medium | Book |
| Year of Publication | 1986 |
| Author | David Levy |
| Language | English |
| Edition | 2 |
| ISBN-10 | 1857441125 |
| Pages | 186 |
| Binding | paperback |
| Name | Cadogan Books |
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001 PART 1: HOW TO PLAY COMBINATIONS
008 1. Decoying combinations
021 2. Blocking combinations
028 3. Line-opening combinations
028 Line opening by vacating
031 Line opening by decoying
032 Line opening by capturing
041 4. Back-rank mating combinations
051 5. Skewering combinations
058 6. Combinations involving forks
061 7. Combinations to promote passed pawns
064 8. Stalemating combinations
069 9. Combinations involving pins
074 10. Mating Combinations
081 Combinations against the fianchetto
094 11. Your move
101 PART 2: HOW TO PLAY SACRIFICES
105 12. Sacrifices associated with specific openings
110 The King's Indian Attack
114 The French Defence
117 The Sicilian Defence
124 Gumming up the works
128 13. Sacrifices to get at the king
143 14. The psychological aspects of sacrifices
151 15. Thirty questions
157 Solutions
161 16. Ten sacrificial gems
181 Index of players
008 1. Decoying combinations
021 2. Blocking combinations
028 3. Line-opening combinations
028 Line opening by vacating
031 Line opening by decoying
032 Line opening by capturing
041 4. Back-rank mating combinations
051 5. Skewering combinations
058 6. Combinations involving forks
061 7. Combinations to promote passed pawns
064 8. Stalemating combinations
069 9. Combinations involving pins
074 10. Mating Combinations
081 Combinations against the fianchetto
094 11. Your move
101 PART 2: HOW TO PLAY SACRIFICES
105 12. Sacrifices associated with specific openings
110 The King's Indian Attack
114 The French Defence
117 The Sicilian Defence
124 Gumming up the works
128 13. Sacrifices to get at the king
143 14. The psychological aspects of sacrifices
151 15. Thirty questions
157 Solutions
161 16. Ten sacrificial gems
181 Index of players
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