- ISBN13: 9780979148255
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- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
Combinations have long been considered the most creative aspect of chess. From the vast sea of chess games a thousand combinations have been chosen: the most artistic, elegant, and famous. Yet chess tactics are not only for aesthetic enjoyment : they help win games.
This book will expand your chess horizons and help you to
- See how chess combinations have evolved over the last 1,000 years
- Learn to recognize tactical patterns from real-life examples
- Improve your chances of finishing off your opponent with a tactical blow
- Find combinations missed by Grandmasters
Chess Gems is certain to sharpen your knowledge of both tactics and chess history.
I have been picking up chess again, and have been working on my tactics. This book has strong reviews, but unfortunately it is not properly formatted for kindle.
Board displays are too small and grainy, and the annotations are terrible.
Get “Practical Chess Exercises: 600 Lessons from Tactics to Strategy” instead.
Amazon User Rating: 1 / 5
Este libro me gusto mucho porque trata de combinaciones de todos los tiempos y hace referencia a juegos desde napoleon, la edad media hasta nuestros dias, hay combinaciones faciles y otras no tanto la verdad es agradable y un placer leer lo recomiendo.
Amazon User Rating: 5 / 5
Back in the summer of 2007 I worked through the Russian edition of this book (even though I don’t read Russian). I was very impressed with the collection of chess problems. Now that it has been translated into English, I’m going to work through the book again. The author works through the whole history of chess to present the best combinations from each period. The chapters are:
(1) According to the Rules of Shatranj, 9th to 15th centuries;
(2) From Lucena to Greco, 15th to 17th centuries;
(3) From Stamma to Philidor, 18th century;
(4) From Napoleon to Staunton, 1800-1850;
(5) Anderssen and Morphy, 1851-1860;
(6) First Unofficial World Championship Match, 1861-1870;
(7) Zukertort and Chigorin, 1871-1880;
(8) Steinitz — the First World Champion, 1881-1890;
(9) Lasker and Pillsbury, 1891-1900;
(10) Matches of the Second World Champion, 1901-1920;
(11) Capablanca, Alekhine, Euwe, 1921-1940;
(12) Botvinnik, Smyslov, Tal, 1941-1960;
(13) Petrosian, Spassky, Fischer, 1961-1980; and
(14) Karpov-Kasparov, 1981-2000.
Amazon User Rating: 5 / 5