Winning Chess Combinations

Author : Yasser Seirawan
Publisher : Everyman Chess
Page : 572 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2006-06-01
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9781781945148

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Winning Chess Combinations by Yasser Seirawan Pdf

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.

Author : Yasser Seirawan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Games
ISBN : 1857444205

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Winning Chess Combinations by Yasser Seirawan Pdf

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 - probably the best-selling series of chess books ever published. *A complete guide to chess combinations *Includes stunning sacrifices *Ideal for the improving player Yasser Seirawan is the highest-rated American chess professional on the World Chess Federation's rating ladder and the first American to vie for the World Championship title since Bobby Fischer. He is a three-time US Champion, the 1989 Western Hemisphere Champion and an eight-time member of the US Chess Olympiad team. Currently one of the worlds top-ranked chess players, he is one of only a handful of players to have defeated world champions Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov in tournament play.

Author : Yasser Seirawan
Publisher : Everyman Chess
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2005-05-01
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9781857448917

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Winning Chess Tactics by Yasser Seirawan Pdf

Learn sure-fire tactics and combinations from one of the worlds top chess players. Attack? Defend? Swap pieces? Tactics are the watchdogs of strategy that take advantage of short-term opportunities to trap or ambush your opponent and quite possiblychange the course of a game in a single move. Why play in a fog, only hoping that your opponent will blunder when International Grandmaster Yasser Seirawan can show you how to put the tactics of the worlds chess legends to work for you. Choose from the double attack, the pin, the skewer, deflection, the cor, x-rays, windmills and many more time-tested tactics.Using classic board situations arranged in chapters by tactical themes, Seirawan teaches you how to: * Plan your entire game from the very first move.Think ahead, step-by-step, anticipating every obstacle your opponent can throw your way * Position yourself for the smashing combination and endgame you've always dreamed of Board positions from actual games played by historys great chess tacticians are provided throughout. Review tests for each topic let you track your improvement. In no time you'll be playing better, with more confidence than you ever thought possible. Errata List

Author : Yasser Seirawan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Games
ISBN : 1857443470

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Winning Chess Brilliancies by Yasser Seirawan Pdf

This book by International Grand Master Yasser Seirawan provides a move-by-move account of the best chess games of the last 25 years, played by the world's foremost chess competitors. With an authoritative voice that is by turns poetic and analytical, Seirawan serves as host of a fascinating excursion of the most brilliant chess game, providing highlights into and explanations of each and every move. Seirawan begins each game with a description of the historical atmosphere of the chess world --and sometimes the world at large--at the time the game was played. When he delves into the game itself, he starts with the reasoning behind the opening moves. From there he provides both a play-by-play description of the game and an analytical commentary, all the while examining the moves in terms of place development and possible tactical and strategic opportunities. Along the way, a handful of the players are profiled in biographies. In Winning Chess Brilliancies readers will get a taste of the most dazzling chess combinations devious strategies, and downright cruel blows as world champions risk it all! This book is truly a celebration of the sport of chess.

Author : Fred Reinfeld
Publisher : SCB Distributors
Page : 405 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2014-06-03
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9781936490837

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1001 Brilliant Ways to Checkmate by Fred Reinfeld Pdf

A 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.

Author : Yasser Seirawan
Publisher : Everyman Chess
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2003-09-01
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9781857448245

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Winning Chess Openings by Yasser Seirawan Pdf

Start every game with confidence! The two greatest challenges for beginning chess players are not only to survive the openings phase, but also to choose appropriate attack and defense formations in the process. Winning Chess Openings shows you how to do both. In Yasser Seirawan's entertaining, easy-to-follow style, you're shown formations that can be used with other White or Black pieces. Winning Chess Openings will help you develop a solid understanding of opening principles that you can apply to every game you play without having to memorise a dizzying array of tedious and lengthy opening lines. * Build a safe house for a King * Estimate losses of ten moves or fewer * Utilise the elements: time, force, space and pawn structure * Plan strategy based on time-tested opening principles * Employ a defense for Black against any White Opening * Apply an opening for White used by World Champions Winning Chess Openings will help readers develop a solid understanding of opening principles that can be applied to every game they play--without having to memorize a dizzying array of tedious and lengthy opening lines.

Author : Yasser Seirawan
Publisher : Everyman Chess
Page : 405 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2005-05-01
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9781781944325

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Winning Chess Strategies by Yasser Seirawan Pdf

Gain the advantage over your opponent with easy-to-remember strategies from one of the worlds top chess players! Strategy is the ultimate secret weapon for championship players around the world. Drawing on his considerable experience in tournament play, International Grandmaster Yasser Seirawan shows you how to apply flexible strategic principles to every part of your game. Using Seirawan's simple and effective planning and analysis techniques, you'll enter each game with confidence and energy, ready to play forcefully and intelligently the way you need to play so you can win every time! Learn to: Knock your opponent off balance with bold opening moves * Formulate an overall game strategy before the middle game * Interpret the motivation behind your opponents every move * Position yourself for a winning endgame * Diagrams throughout the book illustrate game positions, and you'll meet historys greatest chess strategieslearning from them move by move! Whether for reference during practice games or simply for pleasure reading,WINNING CHESS STRATEGIES is an information packed resource you'll turn to again and again

Author : Yasser Seirawan
Publisher : Everyman Chess
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2003-10-01
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9781781944318

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Winning Chess Endings by Yasser Seirawan Pdf

Approach every endgame with a winning strategy! Good books about endgames for beginners are few and far between. WINNING CHESS ENDINGS is a great one a gripping introduction to what you need to know to win chess endings, taught by American Grandmaster Yasser Seirawan. His entertaining, easy-to-understand style, incisive stories and insiders advice will help you develop a solid grasp of proven principles that you can apply with confidence whenever a game goes the distance. You'll learn to prevail time and again in endgames with common and uncommon combinations and pieces. WINNING CHESS ENDINGS teaches endgame strategies in an exciting new way: by putting you in the middle of the action with firsthand stories taken directly from famous matches. Pull up a chair and watch the world's most exciting chess endings. Then become an endgame master!

Author : Mihails Tāls,Viktor Khenkin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : UOM:39015010605197

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Tal's Winning Chess Combinations by Mihails Tāls,Viktor Khenkin Pdf

Author : Eugene Znosko-Borovsky
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2013-12-31
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9780486147543

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The Art of Chess Combination by Eugene Znosko-Borovsky Pdf

This 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.

Author : Hans Bouwmeester
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Chess
ISBN : 0679507299

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Winning Chess Combinations by Hans Bouwmeester Pdf

Author : Victor Henkin
Publisher : Batsford Books
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2013-01-08
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9781849940955

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1000 Checkmate Combinations by Victor Henkin Pdf

This truly outstanding book, first published in Russian in the 1970s and regarded as a classic, contains everything you need to know about how to deliver checkmate. 1000 Checkmate Combinations contains a wealth of elegant and sophisticated chess tactics as well as systematic and effective instruction. Each chapter covers a different piece or combination of pieces that is able to deliver checkmate, and provides illustrative templates for just about every mating formation. By working through the book, readers will develop their ability to recognise the potential for checkmate, as well as the know-how to execute one. Clearly written and beautifully organised, it will appeal to all chess players but particularly club players.

Author : Irving Chernev
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2012-08-30
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9780486157863

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Combinations by Irving Chernev Pdf

Irving 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.

Author : Laszlo Polgar
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2017-07-26
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1973869721

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Chess by Laszlo Polgar Pdf

Chess: 5334 Problems, Combinations and GamesBy L�szl� Polg�r

Author : Yasser Seirawan,Jeremy Silman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Games
ISBN : 1857443314

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Play Winning Chess by Yasser Seirawan,Jeremy Silman Pdf

'When most people learn to play chess, they usually memorise the movements of the pieces and then spend years pummelling away at each other with little rhyme and even less reason. Though I will show you how each piece leaps around, what it likes to do