Winning Chess: How To See Three Moves Ahead
by Irving Chernev, Fred Reinfeld
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Winning Chess is a truly classic chess book, beloved of chess-mad teenagers since it was first published in 1970, updated and repackaged in algebraic format. Written in lively, conversational style by two prolific and popular chess authors, it is aimed at players who have gone past the beginner stage and want to take their game to a whole new level. Its imaginative themes and instructional method are timeless, and the whole book is shot through with fun and humour.Tags
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Good basic tactics book with explanations and with two diagrams for most problems. 332 problems grouped by theme, and 6 annotated illustrative games. Suitable for an improving player. Get the 2013 edition, which is in algebraic notation if descriptive notation is a problem for you.
An old book that focuses on tactics. It is set up and presents a series of positions and problems to be solved. Can you really learn to see three moves ahead? I think so. This book is helpful in that goal.
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Fred Reinfeld's timeless Attack and Counterattack in Chess starts with the basic premise that White plays to build on the natural initiative that is inherent in having the first move, while Black plays to sap White's divine right to this initiative, only to take it over the moment it is possible. The book is neatly divided into two sections: How show more White manages to make good use of his right to the first move by taking advantage of typical mistakes by Black, and how Black succeeds in challenging that right and taking over the initiative by jumping on blunders by White. show less
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- Original publication date
- 1948
- Epigraph
- Methodical thinking is of more use in chess than inspiration. -- Purdy
- Dedication
- For Selma and Bea
- First words
- How to Use This Book to Advantage -- Your Advantage -- Every chessplayer, from beginner to expert, asks the same question: "How can I improve my game?" In our earnest endeavor to find the best possible answer, we have studied... (show all) over 50,000 games played in tournament matches from 1851 to the present day by the great chess masters. This intensive research confirmed what we had long suspected: the proper use of combination play is the secret of winning chess.
- Canonical DDC/MDS
- 794.123
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- Genres
- Nonfiction, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 794.123 — Arts & recreation Recreation, sports, and performing arts Indoor games of skill Chess Theory and instruction Middlegame
- LCC
- GV1451 .C51857 — Geography, Anthropology and Recreation Recreation. Leisure Recreation. Leisure Games and amusements Indoor games and amusements Board games. Move games
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- (3.96)
- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 6
- ASINs
- 5
