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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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Publisher
Popular ChessYear
2009eBook ISBN
9781857447781Table of contents
- Introduction
- 1 The Dynamic Element
- 2 Catching the King in the Centre
- 3 Opening Old (and New) Wounds
- 4 The Life History of a Knight
- 5 The Goldilocks Queen
- 6 Energizing the Pawns
- 7 A Battering Ram on the f-file
- 8 Backward Pawns and Indian Bishops
- 9 The Psychology of Preparation
- 10 The Art of Surprise
- Index of Players
- Alekhine.A-Böök.E, Margate 1938
- Alekhine.A-Euwe.M, 6th matchgame, Netherlands 1937
- Alekhine.A-Junge.K, Poland 1942
- Alekhine.A-Lasker.Em, Zürich 1934
- Alekhine.A-Marshall.F, Baden-Baden 1925
- Alekhine.A-Podgorny.J, Prague 1943
- Alekhine.A-Rubinstein.A, Carlsbad 1923
- Alekhine.A-Sämisch.F, 1st matchgame, Berlin 1921
- Alekhine.A-Selezniev.A, Bad Pistyan 1922
- Barcza.G-Bronstein.D, Budapest vs Moscow match 1949
- Barnes.T-Morphy.P, London 1858
- Botvinnik.M-Bronstein.D, 5th matchgame, Moscow 1951
- Bronstein.D-Botvinnik.M, 22nd matchgame, Moscow 1951
- Bronstein.D-Geller.E, USSR Championship, Moscow 1961
- Bronstein.D-Keres.P, Candidates Tournament, Budapest 1950
- Bronstein.D-Korchnoi.V, Moscow vs Leningrad match 1962
- Bronstein.D-Ljubojevic.L, Petropolis Interzonal 1973
- Bronstein.D-Najdorf.M, Candidates Tournament, Budapest 1950
- Bronstein.D-Rojahn.E, Moscow Olympiad 1956
- Bronstein.D-Smyslov.V, Candidates, Budapest 1950
- Bronstein.D-Tal.M, USSR Team Championship 1968
- Capablanca.J-Alekhine.A, 21st matchgame, Buenos Aires 1927
- Delekta.P-Geller.E, Cappelle la Grande 1992
- Euwe.M-Alekhine.A, 2nd matchgame, Netherlands 1935
- Fischer.R-Geller.E, Monte Carlo 1967
- Fischer.R-Spassky.B, 6th matchgame, Reykjavik 1972
- Geller.E-Dreev.A, New York Open 1990
- Geller.E-Gligoric.S, USSR vs Rest of the World match, Belgrade 1970
- Geller.E-Karpov.A, USSR, Moscow 1976
- Geller.E-Keres.P, USSR Championship, Moscow 1952
- Geller.E-Korchnoi.V, Havana 1963
- Geller.E-Kotov.A, USSR Championship, Moscow 1955
- Geller.E-Petrosian.T, Moscow 1963
- Geller.E-Portisch.L, Moscow 1967
- Geller.E-Pribyl.J, Sochi 1984
- Geller.E-Smyslov.V, 5th matchgame, Moscow 1965