Product Description
A volume in the famous Microsoft Press chess series by International Grandmaster, Yasser Seirawan.
Seirawan is the highest-rated American chess professional on the Federation Internationale des Echecs (FIDE) rating ladder. He is three-time U.S. Champion, the 1989 Western Hemisphere Champion, and an eight-time member of the U.S. Chess Olympiad team.
Part 1 covers "tactics and combinations," including the double attack, the pin, the skewer, deflection, king tactics and combinations, the power of pawns, the decoy, x-ray and windmills, zwischenzug, and much more.
Part 2 discusses the "great tacticians and their games," including Adolf Anderssen, Paul Morphy, Rudolf Spielmann, Frank Marshall, Alexander Alekhine, Mikhail Tal, and Garry Kasparov
The essential guide to the use of tactics, the watchdogs of strategy that take advantage of short-term opportunities to trap or ambush an opponent. A compelling and enjoyable guide packed with illustrations.