A typical view is, ''I'm going to learn a new line in the Najdorf, or maybe two, maybe five, and I'll beat everybody." This goes with an obvious neglect of other equally important aspects of the game. There is a kind of blind faith in openings. I endeavoured to work only with talented players, and was quite astonished to find how even the very strong ones were lacking in classical chess education. This gave me the chance to look at the game from the other side of the fence. I wiped away the odd few manly tears, "hung my skates on the wall" and started leading the far from easy life of a chess coach. Then in 2006, I finally took my leave of the game as a player. Later, somewhat to my surprise, I realized that I was playing the game less and less, and teaching it more and more. Spending six to eight months a year at tournaments, I fully satisfied my chess hunger. Preface Throughout most of my life I have been a chess professional. White is slightly better Black is slightly better White is better Black is better White has a decisive advantage Black has a decisive advantage equality unclear with compensation with counterplayĪ weak move a blunder a good move an excellent move a move worth considering a move of doubtful value only move mate IQP Positions: Attacking the King with PiecesĪttacking in Rare and Non-Standard Openings Drawing on page 331 by Claus Qvist Jessen Cover design by Adamson Design Printed in Estonia by Tallinna Raamatutriikikoja LLC A thank you to all the friends who took them and thus made this book better. Paperback ISBN 978-1-90 Hardcover ISBN 978-1-90 All sales or enquiries should be directed to Quality Chess UK Ltd, 20 Balvie Road, Milngavie, Glasgow G62 7TA, United Kingdom Phone +44 1 e-mail: uk website: Distributed in US and Canada by SCB Distributors, Gardena, California, US Distributed in Rest of the World by Quality Chess UK Ltd through Sunrise Handicrafts, Smyczkowa 4/98, 20-844 Lublin, Poland Typeset by Jacob Aagaard Proofreading by John Shaw & Andrew Greet Edited by Colin McNab Photos made available by the author. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, electrostatic, magnetic tape, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior permission of the publisher. First edition 2011 by Quality Chess UK Ltd Copyright © 2011 Lev PsakhisĪDVANCED CHESS TACTICS All rights reserved.
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