Suba: Positional Chess Sacrifices (paperback)

Autor: Suba, Mikhail
Verlag: Quality Chess
Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
Sprache: Englisch
Buchumschlag: paperback
Seiten: 373

In chess, sacrificing material is the most dramatic way to try to seize the advantage. Most sacrifices have a forcing aim in mind, but most profound of all are positional sacrifices where the end is impossible to foresee and thus fine judgment, understanding and intuition are required. Such sacrifices are usually a mystery to average players, but acclaimed author and grandmaster Mihai Suba explains the secrets of this technique in entertaining fashion.

Mihai Suba is a Romanian GM whose previous book, Dynamic Chess Strategy, was highly acclaimed by the critics and won the BCF Book of the Year prize.


Contents

Key to Symbols used

Introduction

1. The Open Games
2. The Ruy Lopez
3. The Semi-Open Games
4. Alekhine’s Defence
5. The French Defence
6. The Caro-Kann Defence
7. The Sicilian Defence
8. The Closed Games
9. The Semi-Closed Games
10. The Modern Benoni
11. The Nimzo-Indian Defence
12. The Queen’s Indian Defence
13. Flank Openings
14. Pawn Sacrifices
15. Exchange Sacrifices
16. Minor Piece Sacrifices
17. Queen Sacrifices
18. Other Sacrifices
19. Endgame Sacrifices

End Notes

Game Index

Name Index

373 Seiten, 2012, gebunden, englisch.

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