
212 Surprising Checkmates
Russell Enterprises (Publisher)
Published on 1. September 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
156 pages
978-1-936490-23-3 (ISBN)
Description
Deliver the Coup de Gràce!
With this instructive manual, players can learn to concentrate on one-, two- and three-move checkmates, focusing on their opponents' last moves and keeping alert to new possibilities, rather than getting blinded by previous calculations.
Written by two experienced chess teachers, this volumes first 100 exercises concern checkmates in one move, while the remaining exercises represent game-like positions for checkmates in two and three moves. All are designed to increase a player's skill and speed analyzing and solving chess problems.
This is an updated and expanded version of 202 Surprising Checkmates which was released in 1998.
With this instructive manual, players can learn to concentrate on one-, two- and three-move checkmates, focusing on their opponents' last moves and keeping alert to new possibilities, rather than getting blinded by previous calculations.
Written by two experienced chess teachers, this volumes first 100 exercises concern checkmates in one move, while the remaining exercises represent game-like positions for checkmates in two and three moves. All are designed to increase a player's skill and speed analyzing and solving chess problems.
This is an updated and expanded version of 202 Surprising Checkmates which was released in 1998.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 228 mm
Width: 154 mm
Thickness: 9 mm
Weight
212 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-936490-23-3 (9781936490233)
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American Master Bruce Alberston is one of the most popular chess writers in the world today. His books have been instructing and entertaining chessplayers worldwide for more than two decades. He lives with his wife in New York