Winning chess combinations /
Seirawan, Yasser, 1960-
Winning chess combinations / Yasser Seirawan. - London [England] : Guilford, CT : Gloucester Publishers ; Distributed in North America by the Globe Pequot Press, ©2006. - 254 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. - Everyman chess . - Everyman chess. .
Includes index.
Starting out: three combination types -- Checkmate! Recognizing patterns -- The classical bishop sacrifice -- The case of the clumsy rook -- Blunders and boomerangs -- Inspiring combinations -- Test positions -- Solutions.
Combinations 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. Winning Chess Combinations is the seventh in Yasser Seirawan's highly acclaimed Winning Chess series. - Publisher.
1857444205 9781857444209
Chess--Middle games.
Winning chess combinations / Yasser Seirawan. - London [England] : Guilford, CT : Gloucester Publishers ; Distributed in North America by the Globe Pequot Press, ©2006. - 254 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. - Everyman chess . - Everyman chess. .
Includes index.
Starting out: three combination types -- Checkmate! Recognizing patterns -- The classical bishop sacrifice -- The case of the clumsy rook -- Blunders and boomerangs -- Inspiring combinations -- Test positions -- Solutions.
Combinations 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. Winning Chess Combinations is the seventh in Yasser Seirawan's highly acclaimed Winning Chess series. - Publisher.
1857444205 9781857444209
Chess--Middle games.