Attacking Chess: Aggressive Strategies and Inside Moves from the U.S. Junior Chess ChampionThe subject of the book and movie Searching for Bobby Fischer, Josh Waitzkin has long been the top-ranked player for his age in the United States and a role model for chess-playing kids everywhere. Now, for the first time, Waitzkin reveals the aggressive tactics and psychological techniques that have propelled him to the forefront of the chess world. His unique introduction to the game combines solid instruction with stories about his personal experiences that capture all the excitement and tension of playing chess at the championship level. Josh Waitzkin's Attacking Chess presents nineteen different offensive strategies, progressing from the most elementary, including forks, pins, skewers, and double threats, to the more advanced and sophisticated moves used by the world's best players. Chapters such as Minor Traps, The Seventh Rank and the Pig, Mating Nets, and Quiet Moves in Attack show how anyone can develop a more aggressive and creative style of play. Each strategy is illustrated with examples taken from actual games Waitzkin has played, described with all the gusto and competitive intensity this young master brings to his craft. You can feel the heat of battle throughout this action-packed manual -- it's guaranteed to entertain and inspire all students of chess who want to learn how to emerge victorious from the black and white jungle. |
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88 abcdefgh a b c d e f g h Attacking Chess back rank back-rank mate beginner best move bishop black king black knight black queen BLACK TO MOVE Bobby Fischer Bruce Pandolfini Bxd5 calculation capture CHAMPIONSHIP WHITE chapter checkmate Chess Club chess game chess player chessboard coach correct move crucial Dalton School decisive discovered attack discovery double threat endgame enemy example forced mate fork Garry Kasparov grandmaster HIGH SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIP HINT idea in-between move International Master lines look lose master middlegame NATIONAL ELEMENTARY CHAMPIONSHIPS Notice OPENING TRAPS opponent opponent's pawn storm pinned piece posi queen trap quiet move reached this position recapture Remember removing the defender resigned sacrifice seventh rank simply skewer smothered mate sometimes Sunil tactical theme threatening tion tournament variation Waitzkin Washington Square Park WHITE TO MOVE win material wins the queen zwischenzug