Tactical Play

by Dvoretsky, Mark

• ISBN13: 9783283004170
• ISBN10: 328300417X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-04-01
• Publisher: Olms

Summary

In this second book in his School of Chess Excellence series, Mark Dvoretsky looks at combinations and tactical techniques and suggests methods for developing a player's ability to calculate. Using a number of fascinating examples, he also analyzes methods of attack and defense. The book also includes special test positions and questions to engage and instruct the reader.

Table of Contents

Foreword	7	(2)
Part four Combinations and the calculation of variations	9	(112)
Combinative vision	10	(10)
Spots on the sun	20	(3)
Twin combinations	23	(4)
A prompt	27	(3)
Candidate moves	30	(9)
Paying attention to the opponent's possibilities	39	(6)
The method of elimination	45	(5)
Double attack	50	(5)
The trapped piece	55	(4)
The strength of a passed pawn	59	(4)
Don't let the king interfere!	63	(3)
Learn from your mistakes!	66	(5)
Beware - a trap!	71	(4)
Logic or intuition?	75	(5)
The checking of exercises	80	(7)
Is there a solution to the problem?	87	(3)
How many roads lead to Rome?	90	(4)
`Difficult in training - easy in battle!'	94	(5)
A combination which is impossible to find	99	(6)
A game played several times	105	(7)
Playing exercises	112	(6)
Exercises for analysis	118	(3)
Part five Attack and defence	121	(112)
Sacrifice or oversight?	122	(4)
`All that glitters is not gold'	126	(4)
Ten years later	130	(3)
Twenty years later	133	(4)
A pawn in return for castling	137	(3)
Was the attack irresistible?	140	(4)
Does the `ideal' style exist?	144	(7)
Fantastic!	151	(7)
Victory in the romantic style	158	(4)
Two attacks by Reiner Knaak	162	(3)
Djin attacks!	165	(3)
A decisive game	168	(6)
The spectators were delighted	174	(10)
Diamond cut diamond	184	(3)
The psychology of defence	187	(6)
Into the storm!	193	(7)
Bluff!	200	(3)
On the edge of the abyss	203	(6)
The positional exchange sacrifice	209	(4)
Two `French' endgames	213	(4)
It really is better to give up a pawn	217	(5)
Form your own opinion	222	(9)
Exercises for analysis	231	(2)
Solutions to exercises	233	(27)
Appendix
Index of exercises by thinking skills and types of problems to be solved	260	(2)
Index of players	262