The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played : : 62 Masterpieces of Chess Strategy

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Call Number: 794.152 Ch, Adult Book / Nonfiction / Sports & Recreation / Games / Chernev, Irving
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Westgate Branch

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Originally published: New York : Simon and Schuster, 1965.
Includes indexes.
Rook on the seventh rank -- The king is a strong piece -- Knight outpost at Q5 -- Aggressive rook in the ending -- The passed pawn -- Weak pawns, weak squares and mighty, mighty knights -- Finesse in the ending -- Phalanx of pawns -- Passed pawn's lust to expand -- Rook and pawn ending -- King in the center -- The shifting attack -- Every move a threat! -- A touch of Jujitsu -- The king-side attack -- Magnificent outpost -- The art of exchanging pieces -- The isolated pawn -- The see-saw check, zugzwang, and other tactical tricks -- The two bishops -- Variety of themes -- Systematic strangulation -- Good bishop and bad bishop -- Coup de grâce -- The powerful passed pawns -- Bishop and a half -- Prophetic strategy -- Problem-like finale -- A pawn is a pawn is a pawn -- Board with excitement -- Elegant simplification -- Four endings in one -- Bishop and pawn ending deluxe -- Brilliant career of a pawn -- Dispatching the king's musketeers -- The sheltering pawn -- The power of position play -- That old black magic -- The singular strategy of Steinitz -- The odyssey of an isolated pawn -- Zugzwang, the invincible weapon -- Symphony of combinations -- Escorting the potential queen -- The Pillsbury bind -- The galloping knight -- The roving rook -- Web of black squares -- Endgame arithmetic -- In the grand manner -- March of the little pawns -- Irresistible pawn-roller -- Quiet, like a tiger -- Cornucopia of ideas -- Endgame duel: knight against rook -- Perennial favorite -- Command of the board -- The king takes a walk -- Surprise! Surprise! -- Bolt from the blue -- Lured into zugzwang -- The flash of a mighty surprise -- Symphony of heavenly length.
62 masterpieces of chess strategy.

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