The Art of Checkmate

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Thorough classification of 23 mating situations, including Legal's pseudo-sacrifice, the double check, smothered mate, Greco's mate, the Corridor mate, and many others. Learn from 127 games by Tartakower, Janowski, Rubinstein, Blackburne, others, illustrating positional maneuvers leading to these mates. Review quizzes test progress.
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Thorough classification of 23 mating situations, including Legal's pseudo-sacrifice, the double check, smothered mate, Greco's mate, the Corridor mate, and many others. Learn from 127 games by Tartakower, Janowski, Rubinstein, Blackburne, others, illustrating positional maneuvers leading to these mates. Review quizzes test progress.
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  • ISBN-13: 9780486201061
  • Publisher: Dover Publications
  • Publication date: 6/1/1962
  • Series: Dover Chess Series
  • Edition description: Unabridged
  • Pages: 224
  • Sales rank: 413,621
  • Product dimensions: 5.44 (w) x 8.52 (h) x 0.44 (d)

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  • Posted December 10, 2008

    I Also Recommend:

    Chess For Everyone

    BEST BOOK ON BASIC CHECKMATES

    Not a lot of people know about this great book on checkmates. It takes all of the important checkmate themes, breaks them down and explains in detail (with nice examples) how each one works. This is not a substitute for a book if you don't know basics (get "Chess for Everyone" for that), but a great book to improve your strategy and beats out the "newer" books that cover checkmate themes!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted June 19, 2006

    Best Book Written on Checkmate Patterns

    The different Checkmate Patterns are broken down by type of checkmate with the names of each given, a written explaination and definition and lots of examples. The book is made fun by providing postions to find the checkmates. This is an extremely well organized book. I wish it was written in algebraic notation, only drawback to the book.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted August 8, 2002

    Learn to fight and win.

    This book is designed to teach chess through pattern training. There are twenty-eight chapters. Each explains a typical mating situation. The authors start out with a schematic, showing the essential pieces and their arrangement. From here the reader is shown how to force mate from such a position. There follows two or three short games which end in the thematic position. The games are about twenty moves each and feature sharp tactics. They are easy for the beginning player (like me) to follow. Usually the determined reader can figure out the purpose behind each move the winning side makes.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted March 31, 2000

    The Culination of A Chess Combination.

    This book was written for beginners but players of any strength can gain useful information from it. It categorizes chess combinations that are attacks on the king but the themes and patterns can be used elsewhere. A good complement to other books on chess tactics.

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