White to Play and Win at Chess

by Adams, Weaver W.; Dubeck, Leroy W.; Sloan, Sam

• ISBN13: 9780923891831
• ISBN10: 0923891838
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-07-03
• Publisher: Ishi Pr

Summary

Revised and combined in 2007 with pictures and 34 games added and introductions by Dr. Leroy W. Dubeck and Sam Sloan.When "White to Play and Win" was first published in 1939, it created a great sensation because the author, Weaver W. Adams, claimed to be able to prove that White has a win by force from the very first move, against any defense.Although the author was never able to prove his central thesis, he did prove that these lines were lethal against the average tournament player. Over the next ten years, playing exactly the opening lines in this book, Adams won every City of Boston Championship, every Massachusetts State Championship and every New England Championship, usually winning every game without a loss or a draw.Adams won the US Open Championship, played in five US Championships, and was sent to Moscow as an alternate member of the US Team playing against the USSR, always playing exactly the opening lines in this book.Bobby Fischer studied this book intently and used many of the attacking lines in this book on his way to winning the World Championship.This book provides ways to attack against every major opening system, the Sicilian Defense, the French Defense, the Caro-Kann Defense and so on. There is also a "Black to Play and Win" Section on how to counter-attack against the major openings by White.

Author Biography

Weaver Warren Adams (b. April 28, 1901 in Dedham, Massachusetts) was a chess player, author and chess opening theoretician. He won the US Open Chess Championship in 1948 and his picture was on the cover of the August, 1948 issue of Chess Review magazine. He played in the US Chess Championship five times.He was best known for his books and magazine articles in which he claimed and attempted to prove that White has a win by force from the first move.His first book which expounded on this thesis was "White to Play and Win" published in 1939. He followed it up with several editions of "Simple Chess".