, · . ABOUT 'IHE AUTHORS . FRED WILSON FredW ilsoinsa mongt hef niescth ess teaacnhdea rust horHse. h as 303T ricCkhye ckmates co-uathroed (witBhr uceA lberstfoonr)C ardoza PictHuirsoetyr o fC hess,Q ues Publishianngd, three bootohkesrA, 101 tioonnHs o wt oP laCyh ess, 202S urprisMiatnegs and (withB rucAel besrton). ClsasiCchaelMs ast hces:1907-1L9e1s3s,e r-Known He hasa lseod ited and · CheMsass tpeireces: 1906-19H1e5 i.sa lstoh eo wnero fF redW ilsoCnh ess Booksi nN ew YorkC ity. BRUCE ALBERSTON BruceA lberstiosan well-okwnn chestsr ianearn dt eacher in the New Yorkc itayr eaa ndh asr ecetnlwyr ittaennd n arrtaedt heb est-sell QuicKki lolsn tChhee ssboard, ingC D-ROM, andc ollaborawtietdhF red 202S uprrisiMnagt es. Wilsoonn Alberstdoinds iginifcnatr esearacnhd analysifso rB ruceP andoilnfi( whoh asw ritt1en7b ooksf orS imon & 303 ShusteArl)s.o f orC ardozPau blishiAnlgb,e rsthoansc o-authored TricCkhye ckmates (witFhr edW ilson). FREE!!C!H ESSC ITY . 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FIRST ED ITION Copyrig©h 1t9 9b9yF redW ilso&n BruceA lberston -AllR ightRse serv-ed LibraroyfC ongresCsa talogCuaer dN o:9 8-710��7 ISBN1: 58042-010-9 CAR DO PUBLISHING Box1 50C0o opSetra tNieonwY, o rk,1 0276 P.o. NY Phon(e78 1)743-5F2ax2( 97 18)743-8284 • emaicla:r [email protected] w w w.carodzapcuobm. Writfeoy ro ufrr ecea tauleoo fgg aminagn dc hebsoso ks, equpimetna,d avncesdt rateagnidc eomsp,ut egra mes. INTRO DUCTION • 7 T H E FO R K 1 I. 3 Diaagmrs1 -50 T HE PIN 2. 39 Diargmas5 1-100 DISCOVERIES AN D SKEW ERS 3. 65 Diagrmas1 01-150 THE MATIN G ATTA CK . 4. 92 Digarmas1 51-02 0 UN DERMINING THE DEFEN SE 118 5. Diargam2s01 -250 ASS ORTED TACTICS 144 6. Diargam2s5 1-303 SOLUTION S 172 7. · . . . ·.·S. YM BOLS AND J\BBREVIATIO N S·• . · . . . •. K standsfo rKing. . . ·. Q. . . . . standsfo rQu een . • . . . . . . , R standfso rR oo.k B standfso rB ishop . N standfso rKn ight . . . Therei sn os ymbolf ort hpea wnA. pawnm ovei si ndicat. ed. . by lao wercalseet twehricihd entitfhieef si loeft hem oving . . pawn.(seh4o wtsh aat p awnh asm ovedt ot hee4s quarlef a . . capitlaelt theard p recedtehde l ettsuecrha, sN e4,i tw ould showas p iechea dm ovedt herien,t hicsa set,h eKn ight.) . . . . • )1 i . hil)!i! F ;!i " II ; qf x standfso ra capture .O ..()s tandfso rK ing-sciadset ling 0-0-0 standfso rQ ueen..s idceastling - , . thet hredeo tfso llowai mnogv en umberi ndicaa tBel ack •.. move.( 2e 6i ndicattheasBt l acks'esc onmdov e wast ob ring . . . . . tphaew nt oe6.) / witah capitlaelt timemr ediatteolt yh e riogfht th es lash (hl/Q marikn dicattheasat p awni sp romotetdo a piece. . . . ·sho.wtha st thpea wno n thehf ilmeo vedt ot hheI s quare-• . . . . ... . thus aBlackpaanwdn w-as promotetdoa Queen.) . . . . · .+ standsf ocrh eck # standfso crh eckmate . " ' • $11'I ..r .L t : "I II ' I J'',I I' .II 4 II r rI .; $I). ..I Alii 1',, 111 . . ! means vergoyo d move . . !!me ans brillmoivante . · . · . ? meansbadmo ve... · ,??m eanslosm blunder g 99% Chesiss tacti-cRsi charTde ichmann Strateigsy c aa soef t hinkitnagc,t iocnseo fs eeingM ax Euwe - , Chess an iusn forgivgianmge - EmmitJte fferson. Do your ealklnoyw whatta ctaircesO? r ,w hyt hey saor e importAanndt w?h yw,h enevtearc taircdes i scustsheeadyr, e , almoasltaw ylsi nkedt hweti etrhsm ta rtegAysc? h estse achers witmha nyyae resx periweena crece,o nasntltya mazaendd biat dismayteods eeh owm anyb eignninagn di netrmediate chessplcaaynne eristr ah cecautredleyif nneo rf lulayp preciate thiem portoafns cter aatnedgt ya ctSiocl,se .tb 'esg wiint sho me deifnitions: Stratiesygy o uorv erpallalin n a nyg ivepno sittiwooanr das speiccgi oflaW.h ilieti so ftaenna grgesspilvaein tc, a na lsboe defensdiepveen,d iunpgo ny ouarn asliyasn du nderstiannogdf then eedosft hpeo sition. Tactics ares hotr-temramn euvwehrisca hl waiynsv oelivteh er threactaspu,tr eosrc ombaitnioSnisn.ct eh em ajiotroyf g ood tcatiacrsce r eeadwt itshu ccescsofmublion nastt,ihs it eraml so requiacr leesda erif nitAi coonm:b inaitasti aocnt miacnauelv er in whyiocsuha circimefa tertiooa blat iann a davntagoera, tl east toi mproyovuepr o sitSioos nta.rt etghye insy, o ugre nreapll na, whiltea ctaircyeso usrp eiccmi efanosfc arriynigto ut. Youw oultdh iintwk o ulbdeo bivoutsh astt yundigb asic tactical themeisse ssteinaflo irm provtea mtec nhessA.l thho uygou 7 CARDOZA PUBLISHING WILSON & ALBER STON • obtawiinn nipnogs itiwiotnhcs o rrecstta retgy,y oua mlost alwanyeset dor esotlhveeim n y oufra vor acwi ltehv tearc tIinc . facwte,w oulgdo e veonn es tefput rheArt:e evryl veelf,r om begintnherro uggrnhad masrt,ie its i mposstioib nlcer eyaosuer ovearlslt renwgitthh oau ctor erspondiinnrcge asieny our tactaibiclailt y. Whati su neblievtaob liueshs o wm anya matebuerlsi tehveey cani mproavtce he swist houta ssidsulsoyutu dyintga ct(ipcrse sumabyly oaur neo t oofnt eh eomr y ouw ouldhna'vte trheiasd fa)r.I! magitnyrei ntgob ecomaeg odo basebpallealrywi thout rigoryop ursalcitnihgcti itngt,h rowianngdc, a tchYietni gfw! e . hadan ickfeoelrv eyar vaegrpel aywehroh atso ldt huedsyo n't likteop ractsioclev tiancgt pircoabll eamss i is"t t omou ch wokr"," noftnu ,o"r.o, u frva otrei",I 'omk aaytt catibcusit If o nly hada g ooodp eni"nw gew, oulbder icNho!,m emorizcihensgs openi·ningsos tt h aen wserW.i thoguetn uitncaet ipcearlc eption yowuo ulgdo oufp o rb es windolueotdf y ousru preiopro sitions anwyay. So,w hatt'hsea nswaesrt oh owt or ealbleyc omae g ood chessplaTyheerre?o' nsl oyn ey:o um usptra ctiscoel vpionsgi tiownist tha ctsioculatli ounnsit ly oub eocmet oatllcyo mfort ablwei tahlt lh set andtacartdi ccoanlc eOprta,ss . ocuorl lueea,g OshoTnem pl(eaw elnlo-wnkN ewY orCki tcyh etsesa choefrt)e n say"st,hw ea yto C argnieHea lolrc hesmsa sthepiri sst hsea m-e practpiraccet,ip crea,c t"i ce! In weh avcer eatae bda sitca ctics 303T ricCkhye sTsa ctics, workbowohki cyho us houglodt hrouagshm anyt iemsa s necseasyr untyiolu a rea blteo r ecognainzdse o lavllet he standtaarcdt tihceamleW se .ha veo rganitzhebedo oikn tsoi x chatperrsel,fe ctiinno gu,ro piinont,h fer eeqnucwyi twhh ich typictaaclt iocpaplou rntitoiceucsrH .o peufllyyo,wiu l lb egiton devoepla tpyeo fp atterrencn oigtifoonrs ensitnatgci cal posbsiiliitnti hemesa ndyi ffereknitn odfsp ositAi folnutlsh .i rd oft hbeo oiksd evotteofd o r(kalss oof tceanl ldeodu baltet acks) andp nist,h ecslee abreliynt ghm eo scto mmonulsyet da ctics. 8 INTRODUCTION Pehraptsh meo sdtra matiilcl autsitoorfsn uccefslusyli mproving one'psa tterreoncgn itioofan forkisnigt uactainbo ens ene below: - Inh igsa Ineg aiantSs imagdiunr itnhgMe o scoCwiy t Champion- shipo f1 956,t het he2n6 y eaordl TigrPaent rospailyaend 1.Nxf7 andS imagfionr caed dr abwyp epreutaclh ecbke ginning with1 . Hmm. .. 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