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wo BRILLIANT CHESS SACRIFICES anp COMBINATIONS By FRED REINFELD ee 100 BRILLIANT CHESS SACRIFICES ano COMBINATIONS By FRED REINFELD CHESS LIBRARY Sterling Publishing Co., Inc. New York In the British Empire: W. Foulsham & Co., Ltd. London Other Books by Fred Reinfeld VOL Ways te Checkmate ‘10 he published in Pall, 1985! Eighth Book of Chess: How ce Play the Queen's Pawn Openings yess ow to Play the King’s Paren Openings Seventh Book of Sinth Book of Chess: How to Fight Bock «Fall, 1955, publications) Fifth Book of Chess. How to Win When You're Ahead Fourth Book of Chess: Haw to Play the Black Pieces ‘Third Beok nf Chea: flaw to Play the White Pieces Seeand Book of Chess: The Nine Bad Maves Gand How to Avoid Themt Fist Beok of Chess twih 1. A. Harawits coauthor) and many cther chest Usanlum and Other Miracle Metals (Fall, 1955, publication’ Treasures of the Barts Treasury of the World's Caine Coin Collectors’ Handbook Cotmemenry: An Instr the Yaaoe Caller ‘e Historical Introduction 10 Coine and Curreney for Taith Hnbrere ¥. Mastcrs, co-muhar) Blazer the Bear: ‘The Story of Forest Firew (with RY. Masters, oo-sothor? Copyright, 1965 by Sting Publting Co 205 Rot 41h Stent All rights reserved under Internationa! and Pan-American Caiyright Cuvratinny ‘Manufactured in the United States of America Pullished Eon by W. Foulsham & Co., Eid. London 8 No. 55-7450 Litrary af Congrese Table of Contents Chees Notation... 0... beer 10 Inteoduetion—~Srerifces and Combinations = 1 L. Pinning . 2. Knight Forks 3. Double Attack .. 4, 5 . Discovered Altack .. 5. Discovered Check . 6. Double Check . 7. The Overworked Piewe 8. Removing the Cuurd . 9. Clearance .... 10. Interference . 1. Queening Combinations 12. ‘The Vulnerable First Rank 134 . Queen Sacrific 141 Xray Anack ... 151 5. Surprise Moves 156 163 6. Defensive Combinations 17. Trapped Man 18, Zugewang - . The Helpless Ki The Weakened Cosiled Postion . 172 CHESS NOTATION As indicated in the following diagram, al the squares on the chessboard are numbered from both sides of the board; White's KR1, for example, is Black’s KR&, Exch square ix also named for the piece ovcupying the file. Below the diagram is a list of the chief abbreviations used in chess notalion, auxcn oo Pa] sa] re | | pialeun bedeeg PST) inl ie eT) Bede Pres] Pelee ae] 36 roi] aur Soe] 33 Beal ens 2s ae | ix [ea] aol S| a] et ease ae a6) ao | oe aren] ou [es] Se | et] Rot | earn] eat wire King — K check — ch Queen — Q discovered check — dis ch Rook — R double uhock — dbl ch Bishop — B en passant — ep. Knight - ON gool move — f Pawn — P vety good move caplures, — x antstandingmove — 1! to bad muvee — Sacrifices and Combinations The man who wrote, “Tactics is 99 per cent of chess,” might well have added—und 99 per nent of ihe fan, too! Brilliant sacrifices and combinations, either calculated in advance or played on the spur of the moment, give us thrills thal eannot be equaled by any other aspect of Ihe game. And, by a very fortunate cnincidence, these brilliant strakes are just what we need in order to become first-rate players. But chen comes the practical question: How do we learn to become brilliant players? (Or is this a knack that one has to he born with?) The answer is reassuring: Avery chessplayer, no matter what his degree of skill may be, can learn how to play brilliant chess. ‘The first step toward mastery is to become famliar with the different types of tactical molifs, The second step is lo stuily a greal many examples of these tactical themes. So, the object of this book is to add to your knowledge, to make you f strong chessplayer, and (Last but not least) to delight you with some of he most beautiful meves ever played on the chessboard. + SACRIFICES and COMBINATIONS < 11
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