101 Attacking Ideas in Chess

by Gallagher, Joe

• ISBN13: 9781901983203
• ISBN10: 190198320X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-12-01
• Publisher: Gambit

Summary

Do you find yourself in good attacking positions, but then fail to land the killer blow? Or do you find it hard to decide where to attack when you have a promising position? Do you sometimes analyse inefficiently, and so get caught by tricks you could have foreseen?

Author Biography

Joe Gallagher is an English grandmaster who has lived in Switzerland for many years. He is a regular member of the Swiss national team. He has established a reputation as a top-class chess writer, in particular for his work on aggressive openings such as the King's Gambit, Sicilian and King's Indian Defence

Table of Contents

Symbols
Introduction
Back-Rank Mates	p. 10
Smothered Mate	p. 12
Lethal Knight Checks	p. 13
A Deadly Set-Up	p. 14
Anastasia, Boden and Marco	p. 15
Some Standard Mates on the h-file	p. 16
The Greek Gift	p. 17
Some [characters not reproducible]xf7 Sacrifices	p. 19
Rook and Knight Tandem	p. 20
[characters not reproducible]d5 can Embarrass a Queen on a5	p. 21
The Fishbone Pawn	p. 22
[characters not reproducible]xh6!	p. 23
More Mates on the Dark Squares	p. 24
The See-saw and Friends	p. 25
Point Your Bishops in the Right Direction	p. 26
[characters not reproducible]xf7!	p. 27
Exploiting Pins	p. 28
Legall and Friends	p. 29
h7 (h2) Still Under Fire	p. 30
f5: A Dangerous Square	p. 31
Standard Rook Sacrifices	p. 32
Inviting Everyone to the Party	p. 33
The King's Gambit	p. 34
The King's Gambit (2)	p. 36
Typical Exchange Sacrifices	p. 38
Attack at the Weakest Point	p. 39
Rooks' Pawns can also be Used in a Positional Manner	p. 40
More about a4	p. 42
Preventive Sacrifices	p. 43
Pawn-Grabbing	p. 44
Approach Play	p. 45
The King in the Middlegame	p. 47
Get Yourself a Pet	p. 48
Get Yourself a Pet (2)	p. 50
Minority Attack	p. 51
The Exchange Sacrifice: Hodgson Style	p. 52
Line-Opening Sacrifices	p. 53
The Greatest King-Hunt Ever?	p. 54
More about Wandering Kings	p. 55
The Pawn-Storm	p. 56
Opposite-Coloured Bishops can be a Trump	p. 57
Blitz Chess: The Perfect Testing Ground	p. 58
The Benoni Breakthrough	p. 59
The King's Indian Blockade	p. 60
The Keres Attack	p. 61
More Keres Attack	p. 62
[characters not reproducible]d5 Sacrifices in the Sicilian	p. 63
Originality Pays	p. 64
Surprising Castling	p. 65
Snap Mates in the Endgame	p. 66
Liberating the King's Indian Bishop	p. 67
Pawn Promotion	p. 68
The Magic of Mikhail Tal	p. 69
Develop Your Imagination with Studies	p. 70
Be Flexible	p. 71
Attack Where it's Relevant	p. 72
More Sacrifices in the Sicilian	p. 73
Three Pieces vs Queen	p. 74
Pawn-Storm Chat	p. 75
The Exchange Sacrifice: Petrosian Style	p. 76
Ivanchuk	p. 77
Destructive Knights	p. 78
Clogging up Black's Development with e5-e6	p. 79
Two Pieces Can be Worth a Queen	p. 80
The Fantasy Variation	p. 81
A Knight is Superb Protection for an Exposed King	p. 83
One Idea Leads to Another	p. 84
Mutual Pawn-Storms in Action	p. 85
He Who Dares Wins	p. 86
A Rook Can Defeat Minor Pieces	p. 87
Get Them Bishops Working	p. 88
Swinging Rooks	p. 89
Zwischenzug	p. 90
Pawn Play: More Line-Opening	p. 91
Don't Wait to be Squashed	p. 92
Draw? Never!	p. 93
Under-Promotion	p. 94
Tie Them Down	p. 95
The Exchange Sacrifice: Sicilian Style	p. 96
More About Rooks	p. 98
Irritating the Dragon	p. 99
Develop Your Sense of Danger	p. 100
Queenside Attacks--The Prophylactic [characters not reproducible]el (...[characters not reproducible]e8)	p. 101
More About Opposite-Coloured Bishops	p. 102
Queen Sacrifices in the KID	p. 103
Fun Against the Winawer	p. 104
More About 5 dxc5	p. 106
Necessity is the Mother of Invention	p. 108
The Sting in the Tail	p. 109
More about the Bishops	p. 110
A Trip to Planet Shirov	p. 111
The Game That Had it All	p. 112
Stalemates	p. 113
Transformation of Advantages	p. 114
"Take My Rooks!"	p. 115
The Surprising g2-g4!?	p. 116
Attacking Empty Squares	p. 117
[characters not reproducible]c4!? Against the Sicilian	p. 118
Use Modern Technology	p. 119
Don't Get Dejected	p. 120
Knight Time	p. 121
Additional Information	p. 122
Index of Themes, Players and Openings	p. 126
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