Winning Chess Tactics - Softcover

Seirawan,Yasser

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ISBN 10: 1857443330 ISBN 13: 9781857443332

Publisher: Everyman Chess, 2003

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Learn sure-fire tactics and combinations from one of the world's top chess players.

The essential guide to the use of tactics, the watchdogs of strategy that take advantage of short-term opportunities to trap or ambush an opponent and change the course of a game in a single move. International Grandmaster Yasser Seirawan shows chess players how to put the tactics of the world's chess legends to work for them. Choose from the double attack, the pin, the skewer, deflection, the d�cor, x-rays, windmills, and many more time-tested tactics.

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This is the second in Seirawan's four volumes, taking the reader from the very basics of chess through appreciation of advanced play. He does a remarkable job of discussing tactics that usually appear only in books for advanced players and communicating them to anyone with a grasp of playing fundamentals. The first part of the book deals with basic tactics and how they can be used individually and in combination. In the second part, Seirawan introduces some of the great chess tacticians and their games, further illustrating tactics as they work out in real-life play.

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Learn sure-fire tactics and combinations from one of the world's top chess players.
Attack? Defend? Swap pieces? Tactics are the watchdogs of strategy that take advantage of short-term opportunities to trap or ambush your opponent and quite possibly change the course of a game in a single move. Why play in a fog, only hoping that your opponent will blunder when International Grandmaster Yasser Seirawan can show you how to put the tactics of the world's chess legends to work for you. Choose from the double attack, the pin, the skewer, deflection, the decor, x-rays, windmills and many more time-tested tactics.
Using classic board situations arranged in chapters by tactical themes, Seirawan teaches you how to: plan your entire game from the very first move; think ahead, step-by-step, anticipating every obstacle your opponent can throw your way; position yourself for the smashing combination and endgame you've always dreamed of.
Board positions from actual games played by history's great chess tacticians are provided throughout. Review tests for each topic let you track your improvement. In no time you'll be playing better, with more confidence than you ever thought possible.

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