Tune Your Chess Tactics Antenna: Know When (and where!) to Look for Winning Combinations
If only real life were like a book on chess tactics! But during a game you are on your own, and nobody will whisper in your ear that you have reached a position that is, in fact, a tactical puzzle and all you have to do is solve it. What you need, discovered Emmanuel Neiman in his long career as a chess trainer, is a way to read the signals which indicate that, somewhere in the position you are looking at, there is a tactical blow. What you need is a Chess Tactics Antenna! This trailblazing book by award-winning author Neiman provides a set of tools that enables the average club player to determine the moment he needs to look for win.
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Tune Your Chess Tactics Antenna: Know When (and where!) to Look for Winning Combinations
If only real life were like a book on chess tactics! But during a game you are on your own, and nobody will whisper in your ear that you have reached a position that is, in fact, a tactical puzzle and all you have to do is solve it. What you need, discovered Emmanuel Neiman in his long career as a chess trainer, is a way to read the signals which indicate that, somewhere in the position you are looking at, there is a tactical blow. What you need is a Chess Tactics Antenna! This trailblazing book by award-winning author Neiman provides a set of tools that enables the average club player to determine the moment he needs to look for win.
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Tune Your Chess Tactics Antenna: Know When (and where!) to Look for Winning Combinations

Tune Your Chess Tactics Antenna: Know When (and where!) to Look for Winning Combinations

by Emmanuel Neiman
Tune Your Chess Tactics Antenna: Know When (and where!) to Look for Winning Combinations

Tune Your Chess Tactics Antenna: Know When (and where!) to Look for Winning Combinations

by Emmanuel Neiman

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Overview

If only real life were like a book on chess tactics! But during a game you are on your own, and nobody will whisper in your ear that you have reached a position that is, in fact, a tactical puzzle and all you have to do is solve it. What you need, discovered Emmanuel Neiman in his long career as a chess trainer, is a way to read the signals which indicate that, somewhere in the position you are looking at, there is a tactical blow. What you need is a Chess Tactics Antenna! This trailblazing book by award-winning author Neiman provides a set of tools that enables the average club player to determine the moment he needs to look for win.
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Product Details

ISBN-13: 9789056914509
Publisher: Continental Sales, Inc.
Publication date: 03/07/2014
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 240
File size: 13 MB
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About the Author

Emmanuel Neiman is a FIDE master who teaches chess in his home country France. He has written several highly successful books on chess tactics and chess training. With his co-author Yochanan Afek, he won the 2011 ChessCafe Book of the Year Award for Invisible Chess Moves: Discover Your Blind Spots and Stop Overlooking Simple Wins.

Table of Contents

Foreword 7

Explanation of Symbols 8

Introduction 9

Part I The Seven Signals 25

Chapter 1 King position 27

Chapter 2 Unprotected Pieces 34

Chapter 3 Alignment 37

Chapter 4 Knight Fork Distance 43

Chapter 5 Trapped Pieces 49

Chapter 6 Crucial Defender/Overloaded Defender 57

Chapter 7 Impotent Defence/Defence Too Far Away 62

Part II Find the Relevant Theme 69

Introduction 71

Chapter 8 King Position 81

Chapter 9 Unprotected Pieces 92

Chapter 10 Alignment 98

Chapter 11 Knight Fork Distance 106

Chapter 12 Trapped Pieces 114

Chapter 13 Crucial Defender/Overloaded Defender 124

Chapter 14 Impotent Defence/Defence Too Far Away 134

Chapter 15 Solutions 142

Part III Looking for the Right Move 159

Introduction 161

Chapter 16 Candidate Moves 163

Chapter 17 Accurate Calculation 167

Chapter 18 Test: Is There A Combination? 173

Part IV Final Test 181

Solutions to Final Test 200

Bibliography 223

Glossary of Terms 225

List of Positions 229

Index of Names 235

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