Winning Chess Tactics

by Bill Robertie

Overview

Beginning and intermediate players learn how to overwhelm opponents with the power of pins, forks, double attacks, skewers, discovered checks, and other tactics to become winning chess players!

Perfect for beginning and intermediate players who want to immediately raise their level of play, Winning Chess Tactics shows them how to destroy opponents with powerful traps and tactics! Readers learn tactics that win pieces, gain massive positional advantages, and overwhelm unprepared players on the other side of the board. Each tactical concept is fully explained using examples, game situations and diagrams so readers understand the tactics and game plan behind the moves. Tons of situational diagrams and examples along with insightful comments on traps and tactics make this a powerful guide for chess players ready to take the next step.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781580423984
Publisher:	Cardoza
Publication date:	11/08/2022
Pages:	144
Sales rank:	120,801
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Bill Robertie is the author of 15 books on chess and backgammon. He is the world’s best backgammon player and the only two-time Monte Carlo World Championship. He was the former editor and co-publisher of Inside Backgammon, the game’s foremost backgammon magazine. He is also a chess master, winner of the U.S. Speed Chess Championship, and a best-selling author of some of the best beginning chess books ever written

Table of Contents

1 Introduction 7

2 Chess Notation 9

The Notation System

Special Notations

3 The Power of Tactical Chess 13

Multiple Threats

4 The Pin 19

Pressure and Advantage

Defending Against the Pin

More Pins

Gaining a Tempo

The Pin Set-Up

Multiple Pins

5 Knight-Forks 45

Successful Knight Forks

Defending Against the Knight Fork

More Knight Forks

Multiple Knight Forks

Analyzing Potential Knight Forks

6 The Skewer 67

Skewer Strategy

A Defensive Skewer

7 Discovered Check 79

Principles of Discovered Checks

More Discovered Checks

8 Double Check Strategy 89

Using the Double Check

Inverting the Order of Moves

Two Double Checks!

Undermining the Base

9 Discovered Attack 97

Power Chess-The Discovered Attack!

10 Double Attacks 107

Game Examples of the Double Attack

Attacking Unattended Pieces

The Double Double Attack

More Double Attacks

11 Removing the Guard 117

Principles of This Tactical Tool

12 The Overworked Piece 127

Creating the Overworked Piece

Capturing in the Right Order

13 No Retreat 135

Exploiting the Lack of Mobility

Trapping the Queen

14 Moving on 143