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In this landmark book, Timothy Taylor uncovers the secrets of pawn sacrifices, highlighting the many reasons for their success, and indicating the ideal situations in which they work.
Author : Timothy Taylor
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 16,55 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9781857445657
In this landmark book, Timothy Taylor uncovers the secrets of pawn sacrifices, highlighting the many reasons for their success, and indicating the ideal situations in which they work.
Author : Lydia Michaels
Publisher : Bailey Brown Publishing
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 41,49 MB
Release : 2017-09-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780692941676
Surrender Games follows the emotionally charged and highly erotic contemporary romance saga, The Surrender Trilogy. Isadora Patras has sacrificed years raising her younger siblings. Aching to do something selfish, and hungry for a taste of the forbidden, she takes a lover--her father's protege and trusted family friend, Sawyer Bishop.
Author : Merijn van Delft
Publisher : New In Chess
Page : 783 pages
File Size : 35,40 MB
Release : 2020-06-25
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9056918842
Most chess games of beginners and post-beginners are decided by fairly straightforward tactics. Anyone who wants to progress beyond this level and become a strong club player or a candidate master, needs to understand that somewhat mysterious-looking resource, the positional sacrifice. International Master Merijn van Delft has studied and loved positional sacrifices for as long as he can remember. This non-forcing tool is not just a surprising and highly effective way of creating a decisive advantage during a game. Positional sacrifices are also instruments of superior beauty. Van Delft has created a unique thematic structure for all types of positional sacrifices. He shows the early historical examples, explains which long-term goals are typical for each fundamental theme and presents lots of instructive modern examples. He then concentrates on those sacrifices that have become standard features of positional play. Solving the exercises he has added will further enhance your skills. Playing a positional sacrifice will always require courage. Merijn van Delft takes you by the hand and not only teaches the essential technical know-how, he also helps you to recognize the opportunities when to take the plunge. Mastering Positional Sacrifices is bound to become a modern-day classic.
Author : Rudolf Spielmann
Publisher : SCB Distributors
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 34,56 MB
Release : 2017-07-26
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 193649079X
The 21st Century Edition of Spielmann’s Classic Work Austrian Grandmaster Rudolf Spielmann’s The Art of Sacrifice in Chess first appeared in the mid-1930s. It was immediately recognized as a classic, a masterpiece that examined the nature of chess sacrifices. In this modernized, 21st century edition, all of Spielmann’s original work has been preserved. The antiquated English Descriptive Notation has been replaced with modern Figurine Algebraic, and German grandmaster Karsten Müller has added his own notes to Spielmann’s original text. But the German grandmaster has gone far beyond simply inserting clarifying commentary. Müller has virtually doubled the size of the original work by adding eleven new chapters, including: The Greek Gift Sacrifice Bxh2/7+; Disaster on g7; The Achilles’ Heel f7; Strike at the Edge; Destroying the King’s Shelter; Sacrifices on f6; Sacrifices on e6; The Magic of Mikhail Tal; Shirov’s Sacrifices; and The Fine Art of Defense. There are exercises at the end of each new chapter to help you hone your skill of sacrificing. “Grandmaster Karsten Müller’s notes to the original text, along with the new material, brilliantly complements Spielmann’s classic work. A welcome addition to any chessplayer’s library...” – Garry Kasparov
Author : Matthew Sadler
Publisher : New In Chess,Csi
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 28,54 MB
Release : 2019
Category : Artificial intelligence
ISBN : 9789056918187
Presents the story behind the self-learning artificial intelligence system with its stunning chess skills
Author : Aimée Carter
Publisher : Harlequin
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 20,54 MB
Release : 2013-11-26
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0373210558
Escaping a life of marginalization and misery, Kitty Doe joins the most powerful family in the country, a choice that requires her to assume the identity of the Prime Minister's niece and stop a rebellion that ended her predecessor's life.
Author : Ivan Sokolov
Publisher : New In Chess
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 33,56 MB
Release : 2014-05-28
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9056914774
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.
Author : Mihai Suba
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 16,51 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Chess
ISBN : 9781906552862
In chess, sacrificing material is the most dramatic way to try to seize the advantage. Most sacrifices have a forcing aim in mind, but most profound of all are positional sacrifices where the end is impossible to foresee and thus fine judgment, understanding and intuition are required. Such sacrifices are usually a mystery to average players, but acclaimed author and grandmaster Mihai Suba explains the secrets of this technique in entertaining fashion.
Author : Angus Dunnington
Publisher :
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 17,93 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Games
ISBN : 9781857443127
Discusses the key aspects of chess sacrifices, including the exchange sacrifice, the restrictive sacrifice, and the queen sacrifice.
Author : Aron Nimzowitsch
Publisher : New In Chess
Page : 1061 pages
File Size : 34,1 MB
Release : 2016-07-31
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9056916602
In My System, he expounded his theories of prophylaxis, blockade and much more, while providing ground-breaking insights in pawn structures. In the sequel Chess Praxis, Nimzowitsch demonstrated how he had successfully tested his theories in his games. Without reading Nimzowitsch your chess education cannot be complete. Perhaps not all of his convictions have stood the test of time, but even today, any chess student will deepen his understanding while enjoying the author’s insights and witticisms. Part of the charm of Nimzowitsch’s prose was his idiosyncratic use of the German language, which has been very carefully preserved in Robert Sherwood’s new translation. Added in this edition are the influential essays The Blockade and On the History of the Chess Revolution 1911-1914.