"This essential work provides modern explanations of principles, varieties, and techniques of combination maneuvers, plus the ideas behind them. Examples from the games of many great players provide illustrations.
What, really, is a chess combination? It is a maneuver generally employing surprise and a sacrifice, in which pieces work together to bring about a sudden advantage. It is perhaps the most aesthetically satisfying and successful technique in the game. Some players believe that the combination is a spontaneous creation with no guiding laws; the possibility springs up in the mind like a flash of genius. In this classic work, however, Znosko-Borovsky proves that combinations can be studied. He demonstrates conclusively that they need not be a haphazard occurrence, but may be prepared for as an integral part of a player's game.
The great modern teacher begins by examining the games of master players, including Capablanca, Alekhine, Rubinstein, Nimzovich, Tarrasch, Reti, Mason, Morphy, Bird, Euwe, Emanuel Lasker, etc. The games are grouped according to common features, and perceptively analyzed to determine what conclusions may be drawn. Znosko-Borovsky shows that every combination, however complicated, begins in a simple idea, such as an undefended piece, the bad position of the hostile king, the promotion of a pawn, or a discovered check. The Art of Chess Combination will improve the game of anyone who knows how to move individual pieces but finds it hard to plan many moves ahead to make the pieces work together. The exposition is easily understood; technical terms are almost completely avoided but clarity and precision remain.
""In the teaching of chess he may claim to have no superior."" - Philip W. Sergeant."
By:
E.A. Znosko-Borovsky, Victor Kahn Imprint: Dover Publications Inc. Country of Publication: United States Edition: Enlarged edition Dimensions:
Height: 202mm,
Width: 136mm,
Spine: 12mm
Weight: 237g ISBN:9780486205830 ISBN 10: 0486205835 Series:Dover Chess Pages: 212 Publication Date:17 June 2010 Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Unspecified
