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" Killer chess tactics / "
Raymond Keene, Eric Schiller, Leonid Shamkovich.
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BL
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853624
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Keene, Raymond,1948-
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Killer chess tactics /\ Raymond Keene, Eric Schiller, Leonid Shamkovich.
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1st ed.
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New York :: Cardoza Pub. :: Distributed by Simon & Schuster,, ©2003.
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416 pages :: illustrations ;; 24 cm
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1580421113
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: 9781580421119
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"Use the strategies of world champions to impress your friends and pummel your enemies"--Cover.
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Includes index.
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Introduction -- Introduction to tactics -- Overview of tactics -- Types of tactics -- Tactics for attacking pieces (Discovered attack ; Discovered check ; Windmill ; Smothered mate ; Fork ; Interference ; Pin ; Removing the defender ; Trapping pieces ; X-ray attack and skewer) -- Tactics for attacking the king (Destroying the barrier ; Double check ; Pursuit ; Perpetual check ; Harrassment) -- Tactics for controlling squares (Blocking ; Choke ; Clearance ; Square clearance ; Rank clearance ; File clearance ; Diagonal clearance ; Deflection ; Decoy) -- Miscellaneous tactics (Desperado ; Intermezzo ; Overloading ; Promotion ; Rook lift) -- Tactics in action (Paul Morphy ; Wilhelm Steinitz ; Emanuel Lasker ; Jose Paul Capablanca ; Alexander Alekhine ; Max Euwe ; Mikhail Botvinnik ; Vasily Smyslov ; Mikhail Tal ; Tigran Petrosian ; Boris Spassky ; Bobby Fischer ; Anatoly Karpov ; Garry Kasparov ; Vladimir Kramnik) -- Tactics quizzes -- Solutions to the tactics quizzes.
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Introduction to combinations -- What is a combination? -- Combinations in action (Paul Morphy ; Wilhelm Steinitz ; Emanuel Lasker ; Jose Paul Capablanca ; Alexander Alekhine ; Max Euwe ; Mikhail Botvinnik ; Vasily Smyslov ; Mikhail Tal ; Tigran Petrosian ; Boris Spassky ; Bobby Fischer ; Anatoly Karpov ; Garry Kasparov ; Vladimir Kramnik) -- Keys to the combinations -- Full solutions to the combination challenges -- Where to go from here.
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The greatest chess players in the world reveal their cutthroat insights, concepts, and strategies in this fascinating volume. For individuals looking to play killer chess, this is the definitive guide to ingenious moves, incredible combinations, and brilliant sacrifices from the chess masters. A compilation of the ideas behind the plays of the fourteen World Champions--how they brought the competition to their knees and how they too fell victim to surprise attacks--complete with 200 annotated games, 1,000 diagrams, and simple, practical advice, Killer Chess Tactics is guaranteed to improve every player's game.
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Chess problems.
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Chess-- Middle games.
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Chess.
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Chess problems.
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Chess, Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Chess-- Middle games.
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Chess.
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Schaken.
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Tactiek.
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| Dewey Classification
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794.1/2
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GV1449.5.K435 2003
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76.12bcl
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Schiller, Eric.
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Shamkovich, Leonid Aleksandrovich.
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