Bishop and Knight Save the Day

Sergei Tkachenko

A World Champion's Favourite Studies

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This book contains 100 instructive studies where the bishop and knight successfully counter different Black armies. There are no more than six moves in the solutions. This allows experienced players to test their skills and calculation technique just from looking at the diagram.

Weaker players will also find analyzing these studies very instructive. The variety of tactical ideas where the bishop and knight combine in the finale will provide new practical skills.

Sergei Tkachenko, a member of the Ukrainian team that won the 5th World Chess Composition tournament in 1997 and which came second in 2000, 2004, 2013, and 2017, has collected 100 studies whose common theme is that white ends up with just one queen in the finale, yet manages to win or draw.

Published 2019, softback (pocket size), 206 pages.