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Chess Success: Planning After the Opening by McDonald Neil
epub |eng | 2013-01-07 | Author:McDonald, Neil [McDonald, Neil]

A club player might be distracted here by the possibility of 34 … xa4 planning 35 … a8 with an attack along the open a-file. But the weakest point in ...
( Category: other July 24,2017 )
51 Chess Openings for Beginners by Bruce Albertson
mobi, pdf |eng | 2007-06-19 | Author:Bruce Albertson

King’s Indian Attack 1. Nf3 ... In the old days this was Zuckertort’s Opening, and before that Irregular. Today 1.Nf3 is part of the Reti family because it was Richard ...
( Category: other July 24,2017 )
Understanding Chess Middlegames by Nunn John
mobi |eng | 2012-07-28 | Author:Nunn, John [Nunn, John]

Black to play 15...Bc6 After 15...Nc6 16 Bh6 White wins the exchange, as 16...Re8? allows a sacrificial breakthrough on g6. 16 Bh6 Re8 White now has the chance to destroy ...
( Category: other July 24,2017 )
Study Chess with Matthew Sadler by Sadler Matthew
epub |eng | 2012-08-20 | Author:Sadler, Matthew [Sadler, Matthew]

Where did that come from? When you play unorthodox positions, you often end up developing your pieces to slightly strange places. This increases the likelihood enormously of agonizing tactical accidents. ...
( Category: other July 24,2017 )
The International Chess Congress St. Petersburg 1909 by Emanuel Lasker
epub |eng | 2010-03-22 | Author:Emanuel Lasker [Lasker, Emanuel]

Black threatens 34...Q×h3+. (91) Dus-Chotimirsky – Freiman Queen’s Gambit Declined [D30] 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 c5 3 e3 Nc6 4 c4 e6 5 a3 Nf6 6 d×c5 B×c5 7 ...
( Category: other July 24,2017 )
Art of Attack in Chess by Vladimir Vukovic
epub, pdf |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Vladimir Vukovic [Vukovic, Vladimir]

This position comes from an analysis of the game Capablanca-Nimzowitsch, Bad Kissingen 1928. White mates as follows: 1 Nfg5! fxg5 Deflecting the pawn from f6. 2 Nf6! Blocking the f7-pawn. ...
( Category: Puzzles & Games July 24,2017 )
Study Chess with Tal by Mikhail Tal
epub |eng | 2012-12-31 | Author:Mikhail Tal [Koblencs, Alexander; Tal, Mikhail]

Now Black is presented with an unpleasant choice; should he move the bishop to d8 or defend it with f7? In the latter case, he has to reckon with the ...
( Category: Puzzles & Games July 7,2017 )
Chess Not Checkers by Mark Miller
epub |eng | 2015-06-28 | Author:Mark Miller

( Category: Personal Finance June 29,2017 )
Chess For Dummies by James Eade
mobi, epub, pdf |eng | 2011-08-29 | Author:James Eade

Figure 11-19: Setting up Morphy’s mate. From the starting position, white makes a surprising move to inevitably produce checkmate. By capturing the black bishop on f6 with the queen (1. ...
( Category: Puzzles & Games June 15,2017 )
Chess Training for Candidate Masters by Alexander Kalinin
epub, pdf |eng | | Author:Alexander Kalinin

White to play. What would you do? Black is holding his last line of defence, not allowing the white king into b6. Zugzwang comes to White’s aid. The most surprising ...
( Category: Chess May 24,2017 )
The Karmadont Chess Set (The Way of the Shaman: Book #5) LitRPG series by Vasily Mahanenko
mobi, epub |eng | 2017-04-01 | Author:Vasily Mahanenko

Your other half wishes to summon you to her location. Do you accept? I glanced at Renox and smiled bitterly—the Dragon had fallen asleep. Eyes shut, Renox was breathing heavily, ...
( Category: Science Fiction Adventures May 21,2017 )
The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played (Dover Chess) by Irving Chernev
azw3, epub |eng | 2012-04-29 | Author:Irving Chernev

15 ... P−KR3 16 KR−Q1 O−O 17 B−B3 Q−Kt1 18 Q−R4! The first in a series of ingenious moves which leads to a devastating King-side attack. 18 ... KR−Q1 Black ...
( Category: Chess March 15,2017 )
Lasker's Manual of Chess (Dover Chess) by Emanuel Lasker
epub |eng | 2013-04-15 | Author:Emanuel Lasker [Lasker, Emanuel]

Examples 1 L. Paulsen White, Metger, to play and win 1. —Let us contemplate this position without seeking for a combination. Black’s ideal is to have his King on QR1 ...
( Category: Chess December 10,2016 )
The Complete Chess Course by Fred Reinfeld
epub |eng | | Author:Fred Reinfeld

King and Pawn Endings In one sense, king and pawn endings are very simple. The only material on the board has been greatly simplified. Only kings and pawns remain. Everything ...
( Category: Chess July 18,2016 )
Pawn Structure Chess by Soltis Andrew
mobi |eng | 2013-02-14 | Author:Soltis, Andrew [Soltis, Andrew]

1 d4 c5 2 d5 e5 3 c4 d6 4 e4 f5? 5 exf5 xf5 6 e2 f6 7 bc3 e7 8 g3 g6. White to play Black’s temporary control ...
( Category: other June 13,2016 )

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