Winning Chess Combinations (Winning Chess - Everyman Chess)

By Yasser Seirawan

Combinations are the central element in chess; they make the game so magical and captivating. The beautiful point of sacrificing a queen, the strongest piece, in order to checkmate with a lowly pawn brings a smile of joy to all chess lovers. Virtually all chess games possess a combination, either one hidden in the shadows of analysis carefully avoided or one that provides a decisive blow. Winning Chess Combinations is a unique work that doesn't merely repeat the wonderfully rich and vast numbers of combinations, asking readers to solve a particular diagrammed position; it is a work that is far more realistic. A combination involves a sacrifice upsetting the balance of forces, but will it work or tragically boomerang? The reader is invited to solve this critical question by identifying the advantages that a specific position holds which might make the combination successful.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1857444205
• ISBN13: 9781857444209
• Release Date: June 2006
• Publisher: Everyman Chess
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.3" x 9.1"