Chess Secrets:
eBook - ePub

Chess Secrets:

The Giants of Power Play

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eBook - ePub

Chess Secrets:

The Giants of Power Play

About this book

Chess Secrets is a series of books which uncover the mysteries of the most important aspects of chess: strategy, attack, opening play and gambits, classical play, endgames and preparation. In each book the author studies a number of great players from chess history who have excelled in a particular field of the game and who have undeniably influenced those who have followed. In The Giants of Power Play, Neil McDonald selects five players who have excelled in the field of 'power play' – the art of putting opponents under constant pressure. The methods of doing so are numerous, including gaining rapid development in return for material to build up an initiative, preparing powerful opening ideas in advance, or even developing completely new opening systems. McDonald examines the contributions made by each player, their differences in approach and style, and from Morphy to Topalov, how they followed in each other's footsteps. A study of this book will help you to enhance your skills in one of the most crucial elements of the game. *An entertaining and instructive guide to power play*Learn from the greats of the game*Discover how famous chess minds work

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Information

Publisher
Popular Chess
eBook ISBN
9781857447781
Year
2009

Table of contents

  1. Introduction
  2. 1 The Dynamic Element
  3. 2 Catching the King in the Centre
  4. 3 Opening Old (and New) Wounds
  5. 4 The Life History of a Knight
  6. 5 The Goldilocks Queen
  7. 6 Energizing the Pawns
  8. 7 A Battering Ram on the f-file
  9. 8 Backward Pawns and Indian Bishops
  10. 9 The Psychology of Preparation
  11. 10 The Art of Surprise
  12. Index of Players
  13. Alekhine.A-Böök.E, Margate 1938
  14. Alekhine.A-Euwe.M, 6th matchgame, Netherlands 1937
  15. Alekhine.A-Junge.K, Poland 1942
  16. Alekhine.A-Lasker.Em, Zürich 1934
  17. Alekhine.A-Marshall.F, Baden-Baden 1925
  18. Alekhine.A-Podgorny.J, Prague 1943
  19. Alekhine.A-Rubinstein.A, Carlsbad 1923
  20. Alekhine.A-Sämisch.F, 1st matchgame, Berlin 1921
  21. Alekhine.A-Selezniev.A, Bad Pistyan 1922
  22. Barcza.G-Bronstein.D, Budapest vs Moscow match 1949
  23. Barnes.T-Morphy.P, London 1858
  24. Botvinnik.M-Bronstein.D, 5th matchgame, Moscow 1951
  25. Bronstein.D-Botvinnik.M, 22nd matchgame, Moscow 1951
  26. Bronstein.D-Geller.E, USSR Championship, Moscow 1961
  27. Bronstein.D-Keres.P, Candidates Tournament, Budapest 1950
  28. Bronstein.D-Korchnoi.V, Moscow vs Leningrad match 1962
  29. Bronstein.D-Ljubojevic.L, Petropolis Interzonal 1973
  30. Bronstein.D-Najdorf.M, Candidates Tournament, Budapest 1950
  31. Bronstein.D-Rojahn.E, Moscow Olympiad 1956
  32. Bronstein.D-Smyslov.V, Candidates, Budapest 1950
  33. Bronstein.D-Tal.M, USSR Team Championship 1968
  34. Capablanca.J-Alekhine.A, 21st matchgame, Buenos Aires 1927
  35. Delekta.P-Geller.E, Cappelle la Grande 1992
  36. Euwe.M-Alekhine.A, 2nd matchgame, Netherlands 1935
  37. Fischer.R-Geller.E, Monte Carlo 1967
  38. Fischer.R-Spassky.B, 6th matchgame, Reykjavik 1972
  39. Geller.E-Dreev.A, New York Open 1990
  40. Geller.E-Gligoric.S, USSR vs Rest of the World match, Belgrade 1970
  41. Geller.E-Karpov.A, USSR, Moscow 1976
  42. Geller.E-Keres.P, USSR Championship, Moscow 1952
  43. Geller.E-Korchnoi.V, Havana 1963
  44. Geller.E-Kotov.A, USSR Championship, Moscow 1955
  45. Geller.E-Petrosian.T, Moscow 1963
  46. Geller.E-Portisch.L, Moscow 1967
  47. Geller.E-Pribyl.J, Sochi 1984
  48. Geller.E-Smyslov.V, 5th matchgame, Moscow 1965