Description
This is the second book of the Thinkers’ Chess Academy series. In the first book we started at a beginner’s level with checkmates in 1, 2 or 3 moves and the most common tactical motifs. If you have already worked with the first book you will now be much more experienced and ready for some more difficult lessons. We will start with 50 combinations to refresh our memory of the motifs from the first book. The chess friends who have not read the first book can treat it as a kind of self-test. If you cannot solve many of the examples it may be better to go back and work through the first book again. It is not a good idea to leave basic knowledge out. It will certainly hinder your progress if you do so.
In this book we will not only show you more tactical motifs, but we will also give you an introduction to the basics of chess strategy. You will learn the most important elements of strategy which will help you to find better plans and to understand positions better. At the end of the book a chapter with 50 checkmates of 5+ moves will show you techniques of how to attack or hunt the opponent’s king and also how to improve your calculation skills and your imagination at the chessboard. Now enough of the prologue, let us go to work and learn lots about chess tactics and strategy! Have a lot of fun while studying chess and enjoy your improvement! Yours, Thomas Luther Grandmaster and FIDE senior trainer
Table of Contents
CHAPTER 1. 50 MIXED COMBINATIONS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD AND FROM PLAYERS OF ALL CATEGORIES 9
Solutions for 50 Mixed Combinations 22
CHAPTER 2. DEFLECTION, DIVERSION OR DISTRACTION 35
Deflection — Part 1 41
Solutions for Deflection — Part 1 45
Deflection — Part 2 49
Solutions for Deflection — Part 2 58
CHAPTER 3. TRAPPED PIECES 67
Trapped Pieces — Part 1 72
Solutions for Trapped Pieces — Part 1 76
Trapped Pieces — Part 2 81
Solutions for Trapped Pieces — Part 2 90
CHAPTER 4. THE THIRD RESULT: DRAW 99
Stalemate — Part 1 103
Solutions for Stalemate — Part 1 107
Stalemate — Part 2 108
Solutions for Stalemate — Part 2 113
CHAPTER 5. CHESS STRATEGY 119
Weak squares 121
CHAPTER 6. 40 COMBINATIONS 127
Solutions for Checkmate in four moves 138
CHAPTER 7. INVADING THE OPPONENT’S CAMP OPEN FILES AND THE 7TH RANK 151
Rook(s) on the 7th (2nd) Rank 159
Solutions for Rook(s) on the 7th (2nd) Rank 165
CHAPTER 8. ATTACK ON THE BACK RANK 173
Attack on the back rank! — Part 1 177
Solutions for Attack on the back rank! — Part 1 181
Attack on the back rank! — Part 2 186
Solutions for Attack on the back rank! — Part 2 195
CHAPTER 9. HOW TO ANALYZE YOUR GAMES 205
CHAPTER 10. DRAW — PART II 211
Perpetual check & move repetition — Part 1 215
Solutions for Perpetual check & move repetition — Part 1 219
Perpetual check & move repetition — Part 2 224
Solutions for Perpetual check
& move repetition — Part 2 233
CHAPTER 11. PAWN STRUCTURE 245
CHAPTER 12. X-RAY ATTACK 255
X-ray attack! 257
Solutions for X-ray attack! 261
CHAPTER 13. MISCELLANEOUS 267
How to open fi les and break pawn structures 268
The minority attack 270
Pawn breakthrough 271
50 checkmates in 5+ moves 276
Solutions for 50 checkmates in 5+ moves 289
PLAY BLINDFOLD CHESS! 311
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