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Solving studies is well established as an effective method of chess improvement. In Practical Chess Beauty one of the world’s greatest study composers, Yochanan Afek, shares his finest creations.
Fire your imagination, gain a greater appreciation of chess geometry, and develop a finer feeling for the pieces’ potential by trying to find the ideas hidden in the hundreds of studies in this book. Or simply wonder at some of the most stunning chess moves ever conceived.
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Solving studies is well established as an effective method of chess improvement. In Practical Chess Beauty one of the world’s greatest study composers, Yochanan Afek, shares his finest creations.
Fire your imagination, gain a greater appreciation of chess geometry, and develop a finer feeling for the pieces’ potential by trying to find the ideas hidden in the hundreds of studies in this book. Or simply wonder at some of the most stunning chess moves ever conceived.
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Language versions | English |
Author / Authors | Yochanan Afek |
Publisher | Quality Chess |
Year of Publication | 1st edition 2018 |
Pages | 464 |
ISBN | 978-1784830755 |
Hardcover | Yes |
Paperback | No |
Downloadable | No |
Width | 17.7 cm |
Height | 24.7 cm |
004 Key to Symbols used & Useful Sources
005 Chess Composition Terminology
007 Preface – On the Search for Chess Beauty
009 Foreword by Emil Sutovsky
011 Chess with Yochanan by Amatzia Avni
021 1 The Ultimate Sacrifice
045 2 Mate
065 3 Domination
087 4 Forks
105 5 Pawns
143 6 Knights
185 7 Bishops
219 8 Rooks
255 9 Zwischenzugs
275 10 Systematic Manoeuvres
291 11 Various Tactics
313 12 Perpetual Check
337 13 Positional Draw
361 14 Underpromotions
391 15 Mutual Underpromotions
415 16 Problem Themes
439 17 Stalemate
462 Name Index