Susan polgar chess tactics for champions pdf download

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Books Video icon An illustration of two cells of a film strip. Video Audio icon An illustration of an audio speaker. Winning Chess Tactics For Juniors. Winning Chess Tactics Illustrated. A Course in Chess Tactics. Chess Tactics Volume II. Winning Chess Tactics Winning Chess. Chess Tactics Volume I. Understanding Chess Tactics. Chess Tactics for the Tournament Player. The Magic of Chess Tactics. The Chess Kid's Book of Tactics. The Concise Guide to Telephone Tactics.

Tactics for listening developing. German Tactics. With coauthor Paul Truong, Susan Polgar teaches the tactics she learned from her father, Laszlo Polgar, one of the world's best chess coaches. Susan Polgar is a winner of four Women's World Championships and the top-ranked woman chess player in the United States. She became the 1 woman player in the world at 15 and remained in the top 3 for over 20 years. In , she received the U.

She thus became the first person in history to be accorded both honors. Any chess enthusiast knows how important tactics is in the "royal game" and how crucial it is to make a. But up to now opinion has been divided on the best way of studying tactics. The well-known Soviet international, grandmaster and chess author Averbakh has developed an entirely novel approach, which is expounded in the present work.

His main aim was to create a theoretical basis with whose aid the learner can effortlessly study the numerous and manifold tactical problems facing the chess player. Averbakh begins by examining the simplest situations resulting from confrontations between different pieces.

He then proceeds to analyze more complex situations and demonstrates the importance of the double attack. With instructive examples he proves that double attacks in the broadest sense are the basis of most tactical operations. This discovery prompted Averbakh to focus his attention on the double attack in the first part of the book. The second part is devoted to combinations. The author delves into the question of what lies hidden behind the mysterious concept of harmony of pieces.

The astonishing simplicity of the answer he finds to this question enables him to reduce the bulk of the combinations to a handful of basic elements. From this Averbakh derives a convincing definition of the term "combination" and introduces a new, promising system of classifying different combinations. All this is explained with the aid of numerous practical examples including complete games and chess problems.

The book contains special chapters with numerous exercise problems for the reader to test and consolidate his newly-acquired skill. In this way Averbakh's work is both very instructive and easy to understand. Tactical Fireworks! It was one of the first books to deal with tactics on high level. Complicated tactics — the kind that separate tournament winners from the pack — require intuition, imagination and precision.

The focus in this book is on attacking techniques and transformations. The reader will find the analysis comprehensive and challenging. So, roll up your sleeves and prepare to ride herd on tactical fireworks and sharpen your tactical skills. Winning Chess the Polgar Way!