ART OF ATTACK (ALGEBRAIC Ed)

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Vladimir Vukovic
This has to be one of the best chess books ever written - a timeless and extremely thorough study of all the methods of attack on the king! There are chapters on The Uncastled King, The Castled King, Focal Points, The Classic Bishop Sacrifice and much more. By way of examples Vukovic annotates some of the most stunning games ever played, often uncovering mistakes in previously accepted opinions. If you want to learn how to attack successfully, read this book!
pub. 1998, softback, 352 pages.

ART OF ATTACKING CHESS

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Zenon Franco
This attacking manual from Grandmaster Zenon Franco examines some typical attacking motifs in various situations through the medium of 33, extensively annotated, attacking games in six themed sections. These include: The King in the Centre, Opposite Side Castling, Same Side Castling, Exploiting Temporary Advantages, Horwitz Bishops and Miscellaneous Themes. Many of the skills needed for attacking chess can be learnt by study and practice and so Franco, one of the world's most experienced annotators has explained these example games 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.
The book also includes 73 diagrammed exercises, using positions from Master games where the reader has to find the correct attacking continuation. Zenon Franco is a grandmaster from Paraguay who now lives in Spain. He is an experienced chess trainer, his most notable pupil being Paco Vallejo, now one of the world's top grandmasters.
Pub. 2008, softback, 255 pages.

ART OF SACRIFICE IN CHESS

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Rudolf Spielmann
An all time classic of chess literature in which Spielmann describes and analyzes various types of sacrifices in a systematic attempt to explain the theory of the chess sacrifice. Spielmann was one of the most attacking players of his time and includes many examples from his own play. A ground breaking work.
pub. 1995, softback, descriptive notation 205 pages.

ATTACK WITH MIKHAIL TAL

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Mikhail Tal & Iakov Damsky
Learn to attack with the one of the greatest 20th century attackers, Mikhail Tal! He and co-author Iakov Damsky illustrate what they consider to be the important themes of successful attacking play such as Eliminating Defenders, Invasion Trajectories and Outposts with numerous examples from master play. Test positions are scattered throughout the book with solutions given. The authors' aim is to point out typical attacking procedures and certain positional "symptoms" for which an attack may be "the cure". This was the last book Tal wrote before his death in 1992.
Pub. 1994, softback, 188 pages.

ATTACKING MANUAL 1 (2nd Edition)

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Jacob Aagaard
Revised and Expanded 2nd Edition
Is it possible to develop chess intuition? Do rules for dynamic attacking play exist? Author Jacob Aagaard believes that it is possible to develop a flair for attacking play based on intuitive ideas which will be relevant to every game played. In volume one he introduces seven important attacking concepts such as momentum, colour schemes and weak points. Each chapter begins with a "diagram preview" to introduce the reader to some key positions from the forthcoming chapter. The relevant idea is then explained with lively text and diagrammed examples. Chapter 8 is a deep analysis of 12 of the author's favourite attacking games (these are games you probably haven't seen before) whilst chapter 9 contains 50 diagrammed test positions together with solutions. This is not a book for beginners, being aimed at ELO 1700-2500 (ECF 140-240) rated players, for whom a thorough study of the ideas and examples here will benefit their attacking play. Jacob Aagaard is a leading author and has written several highly recommended coaching books. He became a Grandmaster and won the British Chess Championship in 2007.
2nd Edition published 2010, softback, 320 pages.

ATTACKING MANUAL 2: TECHNIQUE AND PRAXIS

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Jacob Aagaard
The second and final volume of the Attacking Manual explains attacking technique i.e. how best to conduct the attack once it has started. Abstract concepts such as Creative Play and Intuitive Sacrifices are combined with more basic ideas such as pins and overloading. These ideas and others are illustrated by extensively annnotated games, taken from recent international tournaments.
Chess, like other sciences, has undergone a dynamic revolution in recent years, but chess literature is still catching up with this revolution. The two volumes of Attacking Manual explain the rules of attack (the exploitation of a dynamic advantage), balanced between understandable examples, and deep analysis. Attacking methods are explained in terms of the new dynamic chess of the electronic age.
Five years in the making, this book deals with weak kings, sacrifices, various minor attacking themes, intuitive sacrifices, opposite castling, modern king hunts, and enduring initiative.
Jacob Aagaard is a leading author and has written several highly recommended coaching books. He became a Grandmaster and won the British Chess Championship in 2007.
Pub. 2010, softback, 461 pages.

Bxh7+

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David Rudel
Colle System specialist David Rudel examines all aspects of the classic Bxh7+ sacrifice in five modules, each complete with lessons, guidelines, tools, tips and solve-it-yourself exercises. The five parts of this book show the Bxh7+ sacrifice in action in the Colle System and french Defence as well as examining the double bishop sacrifice, the classic bishop sacrifice and the sacrifice with a knight on e5.
Altogether there are 116 exercises to test your understanding of one of the most commonly occuring attacking ideas in chess.
David Rudel is a published mathematician, senior editor at ExploreLearning and dedicated Colle-Zukertort player.
Pub. 2009, softback, 185 pages.

CHESS SECRETS: THE GIANTS OF POWERPLAY

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Neil McDonald
Chess Secrets is a series of books which uncover the mysteries of the most important aspects of chess: strategy, attack, opening play and gambits, classical play, endgames and preparation. In each book the author studies a number of great players from chess history who have excelled in a particular field of the game and who have undeniably influenced those who have followed.
In "The Giants of Power Play", Neil McDonald selects five players who have excelled in the art of putting opponents under constant pressure. These five are Veselin Topalov, Efim Geller, David Bronstein, Alexander Alekhine and Paul Morphy. "Power Play" is a combination of psychology, preparation and dynamism and it's numerous methods include gaining rapid development in return for material to build up an initiative, preparing powerful opening ideas in advance, or even developing completely new opening systems. McDonald examines the contributions made by each player via 88 complete, annotated games. He contrasts their differences in approach and style, and from Morphy to Topalov, how they followed in each other's footsteps. A study of this book will help you to enhance your skills in one of the most crucial elements of the game.
English Grandmaster Neil McDonald is an experienced and successful player on the international chess circuit. He is a respected chess coach, who has trained some of the UK's strongest junior players. McDonald is also a talented chess writer and has many outstanding works to his name.
Pub. 2009, softback, 239 pages.

CHESS SECRETS: GREAT ATTACKERS

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Colin Crouch
The chess world has witnessed a great number of wonderfully gifted attacking players; geniuses who have dazzled the chess public with their brilliant masterpieces. Everyone has their own favourites, and in Chess Secrets: Great Attackers, Colin Crouch chooses three of his own: Garry Kasparov, Mikhail Tal and Leonid Stein. World Champions Kasparov and Tal need no introduction, while Stein was a highly creative and intuitive player with the ability to destroy the world's best players with his vicious attacks.
Crouch examines a phase from the career of each of Tal (1978-79) and Stein (1972-73) and two phases of Kasparov's career (1975-78 and 1978-82). By closely examining and analysing some of their best games from these periods he highlights their differing approaches, and explains some crucial themes, including the idea of controlled risk - in many sacrificial attacks even the greatest players can't always see everything to the end. A study of the 22 outstanding games in this book will provide the inspiration needed to help you play sacrificial, attacking chess.
Dr Colin Crouch is an International Master, an extremely experienced tournament player and a highly regarded chess writer. His previous books include Queens Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4!, which has been highly acclaimed for its thoroughness and originality.
Pub. 2009, softback, 269 pages.

CHESS TACTICS

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Paul Littlewood
In this reprint of a classic book the author takes the reader from a basic knowledge of the elements of tactical play to the identification of more complex and concealed combinations such as those which arise in competitive play. Pin, skewer, double and discovered attack, decoy, deflection, interception and overloading are just some of the themes defined and illustrated by a wealth of practical examples. At the end of each chapter readers are invited to test their knowledge and skill by solving the challenging test positions. Paul Littlewood was British champion in 1981 and is an International Master.
Pub. 2004, softback, 143 pages.

CHESS TACTICS FOR ADVANCED PLAYERS

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Yuri Averbakh
A classic of chess literature, this book develops a complete theory of tactical play. Part one is a study of the double attack, the basis of all tactics, whilst part two examines the pieces in combination and attempts to classify attacking methods. Includes many complete games and test positions. Reprint of the original 1986 edition.
Published 2008, softback, 308 pages.

COURSE IN CHESS TACTICS

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Dejan Bojkov & Vladimir Georgiev
The advice frequently given to chess-players eager to improve their results is straightforward: study tactics! But there is often little useful guidance as to how this is best done. By solving puzzle positions? Or endgame studies? By dissecting the games of great tacticians?
Few books present a structured approach to tactics, so this book fills a valuable niche in the ambitious player's library. The authors present each major tactical theme in turn, explaining how it works and providing inspiring examples. They then explain how you can spot the idea in your own games and use it to your advantage. You immediately get a chance to put your knowledge to the test, as there are challenging exercises throughout the whole book, with detailed solutions.
The second part of the book offers more advanced material, and takes us inside the professional's tactics laboratory. Here we see how tactical themes are combined, and employed to achieve strategic goals. We are also shown how grandmasters spot the targets for their breathtaking combinations, which we thus come to see not as sheer witchcraft, but as the product of disciplined thought and training.
Bulgarian grandmaster Dejan Bojkov is an extremely active player and writer on chess, whose reports appear on Chessbase.com and in Chess Today, among many others. Vladimir Georgiev is also a grandmaster from Bulgaria, who now plays for the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia - he has won the national championship of both countries. He is the trainer of former Women's World Champion, Grandmaster Antoaneta Stefanova.
Pub. 2010, softback, 191 pages.

ESSENTIAL CHESS SACRIFICES

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David Lemoir
Sacrifices are an essential part of chess. Those who never consider sacrificing will miss countless opportunities and find that promising positions repeatedly slip away. Players who do not appreciate their opponents' sacrificial possibilities will be unable to see danger signs, and find themselves on the wrong end of too many king-hunts. This book examines some typical sacrificial ideas such as those on b5, d5 and e6 in the Sicilian and sacrifices against the castled king position. Rather than merely cataloguing the various possibilities and providing examples, LeMoir discusses the possible follow-ups to the sacrifices, the defensive options against them, and the positional factors that might suggest whether the sacrifice will be sound or unsound. There are many important types of chess positions that can only be played well by those who understand the thematic sacrifices that are possible.
Pub. 2003, softback, 256 pages.

EXCELLING AT CHESS CALCULATION

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Jacob Aagaard
World Champions, Grandmasters and other experts all agree that the art of chess calculation is the absolute key to the success of a player. Master this discipline and you can surely expect your results to improve dramatically. And yet there have been very few serious attempts in the past by chess authors to delve into this delicate topic, perhaps not surprisingly given its complexity and difficulty. In Excelling at Chess Calculation, Jacob Aagaard tackles the subject matter head on, unravelling the many secrets behind chess calculation and arming the reader with the necessary tools to be able to calculate effectively at the chessboard. Aagaard covers important topics such as visualization, thinking techniques, when to calculate and finding candidate moves. He pays particular attention to the searching practical questions like ‘when should you calculate?’, ‘how can you discover candidate moves?’ and ‘how long should you spend on critical moves?’ The final section contains 100 exercises in calculation with solutions at the end. A thorough study of this book will enable you to calculate with more confidence in future games.
Pub. 2004, softback, 192 pages.

FORCING CHESS MOVES

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Charles Hertan
This book aims to train the reader to be a better tactician and to be able to find and accurately calculate forcing lines in his or her own games. The author contends that humans often fail to consider key moves because of bias existing from the way they have been taught the game. Charles Hertan's radically different approach is: use Computer Eyes and always look for the most forcing move first! By studying forcing sequences according to Hertan’s method you will: develop analytical precision, improve your tactical vision, overcome human bias and staleness and enjoy the calculation of difficult positions. In twelve chapter of examples and exercises Hertan examines, Stock forcing Moves, Stock Mating Attacks, Brute Forcing Moves, Surprise Forcing Moves, Zwischenzugs and many other tactical concepts. Many of the examples used appear for the first time in print in what will surely become a classic manual of tactics. Charles Hertan is a FIDE Master from Massachusetts, USA with decades of experience as a chess coach.
Pub. 2008, softback, 382 pages.

GRANDMASTER SECRETS: COUNTERATTACK!

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Zenon Franco
Superb defensive technique is a hallmark of all great chess-players. With a few deft counterstrokes, they not only deflect what looked like an overwhelming offensive, but also expose the darker side of their opponent's build-up. Is this sheer black magic, or are these skills that ordinary players can develop?
While some of the key defensive skills follow well-established principles, modern players ally this with an appreciation of chess dynamics that is a good deal more subtle. Zenon Franco provides a wide-ranging course in how to handle difficult positions, seeking not only to hold them together but to go on the counteroffensive, exploiting to the full the commitments and concessions the opponent has made to launch his attack. The methods he advocates are varied: often a countersacrifice is the key, while simplification can also employed as a subtler, but equally deadly weapon.
Chapters include:
* Lasker, the Master of Defence and Counterattack
* Refuting Premature Attacks
* Fighting Blow by Blow
* Regrouping
* Prophylactic Thinking
* Simplification
Zenon Franco is a grandmaster from Paraguay who now lives in Spain. He is an experienced chess trainer, his most notable pupil being Paco Vallejo, now one of the world's top grandmasters, whom he taught from 1995 to 1999.
Pub. 2009, softback, 239 pages.

HOW TO BECOME A DEADLY CHESS TACTICIAN

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David Lemoir
Why aren't you a top tactician? How does that "lucky hacker" at the club keep getting away with it? LeMoir shows that the key factors in becoming a deadly tactician are motivation (having the willingness to sacrifice and to consider tactical ideas during play), imagination (being aware of tactical concepts that lead to ideas which other players might miss) and calculation (being able to analyse and calculate effectively). He gives examples from some of history's great tacticians, showing the risks they were prepared to take in the quest for beauty and, finally moves on to the mechanics of tactical play: what you should be looking for, how to prepare sacrifices and tactical ideas you should be familiar with. Each chapter has test positions for solving and the final chapter is a series of diagrammed tests. This entertainingly written book is packed with practical examples to help elevate your game from the mundane to the sublime.
Pub. 2002, softback, 240 pages.

HOW TO CALCULATE CHESS TACTICS

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Valerie Beim
Thinking methods are at the heart of the chess struggle, yet most players devote little conscious effort to improving their calculating ability. Much of the previous literature on the subject has presented idealized models that have limited relevance to the hurly-burly of practical chess. Here, experienced trainer Valeri Beim strikes a balance by explaining how to use intuition and logic together to solve tactical problems in a methodical way. He also offers advice on when it is best to calculate 'like a machine', and when it is better to rely on intuitive assessment. Part one of the book explains how to analyse positions logically and how to develop tactical skills. Part two examines some techniques which can be used to help calculate variations. Both sections end with a series of test positions (100 in all) for the reader to solve. Valeri Beim is a grandmaster who lives in Austria. This is his fifth chess book.
Pub. 2006, softback, 175 pages.

IMPROVE YOUR ATTACKING CHESS

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Simon Williams
This book is aimed at improving the reader's attacking skills through the use of diagrammed exercises. In six chapters English I.M. Simon Williams explains the most important attacking ideas, shows them in action, then gives you the chance to test your attacking play with through series of puzzles of varying difficulty. Solutions and explanations are included for each of the 249 test positions. Topics covered include: Attacking the King Caught in the Centre, Attacking the Castled King, Strike in the Centre, Time is Everything, Attacking on Opposite Sides and Expect the Unexpected. Can be followed without a chess set.
Pub. 2004, softback, 160 pages.

LITTLE BOOK OF CHESS BLINDNESS

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Emil Gelenczei
The disease of chess blindness affects us all at times. Instead of just winning a pawn and settling for a clear advantage we play for a spectacular checkmate only to find that, one move from the finish, it doesn't work. This collection of 180 annotated examples of the great blunders of others serves as both a warning and a living example of what to avoid in the quest to play better chess. Relax and enjoy the misfortune of others!
Pub. 2004, softback, 119 pages.

THE MAGIC OF CHESS TACTICS

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Claus Dieter Mayer & Karsten Muller
Foreword by Alexei Shirov
This book is concerned not with basic tactical ideas but with complicated tactical problems of the kind that arise in real play and often require hours of analysis to solve completely. The authors offer many examples from Grandmaster play, in depth analyses and exercises for solving that should help the reader to develop intuition, imagination and precision. Includes material on sacrificial attacks, attack and defence, fortresses, queen & knight, the bishop pair and many other topics. Aimed at strong club players and above. Karsten Muller is a German Grandmaster whilst Claus Dieter Mayer is a chess coach and I.M.
Pub. 2002, softback, 259 pages.

MIDDLEGAME BOOK 2 - DYNAMIC & SUBJECTIVE FEATURES

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Euwe & Kramer
Volume 2 of the series deals with the dynamic elements of middlegame play including the initiative, Attacking the King, How to Defend, Manoeuvring and Psychological Factors before concluding with examples of the style of various leading Grandmasters. Algebraic notation.
pub. 1994, softback, 279 pages.

PAWN SACRIFICE: WINNING AT CHESS THE ADVENTUROUS WAY

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Timothy Taylor
In this entertainingly written book Timothy Taylor carries out an in-depth study of the subject of pawn sacrifices in the middlegame by examining 67 attacking games where one player has spotted "favourable omens" and speculatively sacrificed a pawn for an attack. The 13 chapters each deal with different types of pawn sacrifice - e.g. for a king attack, line opening, obstruction etc. - and Taylor highlights the many reasons for their success, indicating the ideal situations in which pawn sacrifices work, as well as showing positions in which they are not so effective. His use of risk assessment, favourable omens and the opinions of "Mr Fritz" add both entertainment and instruction. If you believe that fortune favours the brave and you would rather risk a pawn or two for an attack than try to grind your opponent down in an endgame, then this could be the book for you.
International Master Timothy Taylor is an experienced tournament player who has enjoyed several notable successes, including winning the US Open. He is also a renowned chess writer; one of his previous books, How to Defeat the Smith-Morra Gambit, became a US Chess Federation bestseller while his book Bird’s Opening provoked much positive interest.
Pub. 2008, softback, 239 pages.

SECRETS OF ATTACKING CHESS

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Mihail Marin
Rumanian Grandmaster Mihail Marin examines the preconditions which are necessary for an attack with the aid of some extensively annotated masterpieces of attacking chess. In a wide ranging discussion he considers subjects such as planning an attack, play on two wings, advantage in development, the balance between attack and defence, the premises for starting a successful attack, intuitive sacrifices and typical scenarios. An absorbing and painstaking work.
Pub. 2005, softback, 192 pages.

WHO DARES WINS!

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Lorin D'Costa
We all like to attack and this book focuses on the art of attacking play. All attacks are different but it is possible to become familiar with certain keys attacking formations and ideas. In this book typical methods such as sacrifices, pawn attacks, slow attacks, defensive formations and guarding the king are illustrated and explained using sixty four annotated games, taken mostly from recent Grandmaster play. Ten chapters each examine a different aspect of attacking play, leaving you both a better attacker and defender by the end of the book!
Lorin D'Costa is an International Master from the UK and a coach to some of the UK's top junior players.
Pub. 2010, softback, 190 pages.