A Modern Guide to Checkmating Patterns: Improve Your Ability to Spot Typical Mates - Vladimir Barsky (K-5836)

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Giving mate is the ultimate goal of every chess player. Finding that all-decisive combination is immensely satisfying. But how are you supposed to spot a checkmate when you are sitting at the board with the clock ticking?

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Language versionsEnglish
Author / AuthorsVladimir Barsky
PublisherNew In Chess
Year of Publication1st edition 2020
Pages256
ISBN9789056918873
HardcoverNo
PaperbackYes
DownloadableNo
Width17 cm / 6.69 inch
Height23.5 cm / 9.25 inch

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In this guide International Master Vladimir Barsky teaches the method created by his mentor Viktor Khenkin (1923-2010). It’s based on an ingenious classification of the most frequently occurring mating schemes. A wide range of chess players will find it an extremely useful tool to recognize mating patterns and calculate the often narrow path to the kill.

All the 1,000 examples (850 of them in exercise format) that Barsky presents are from games played in 21st century. He has carefully selected the most instructive combinations and lucidly explains the typical techniques to corner your opponent’s king. More often than you would expect, positions that look innocent at first sight, turn out to contain a mating pattern.

This is not just another book full of chess puzzles. It’s a brilliantly organized course that has proven to be effective. Finding mate isn’t rocket science, but you need to know what to look for. Vladimir Barsky teaches you exactly that.

Vladimir Barsky (1969) is an International Master, an experienced chess coach and a well-known journalist and author. He lives in Moscow.

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A Modern Guide to Checkmating Patterns: Improve Your Ability to Spot Typical Mates - Vladimir Barsky (K-5836)

A Modern Guide to Checkmating Patterns: Improve Your Ability to Spot Typical Mates - Vladimir Barsky (K-5836)

  ANNOUNCEMENT 

Giving mate is the ultimate goal of every chess player. Finding that all-decisive combination is immensely satisfying. But how are you supposed to spot a checkmate when you are sitting at the board with the clock ticking?

Content

006 Explanation of symbols
007 Foreword
011 Chapter 1 The rook
017 Exercises
025 Chapter 2 The queen
035 Exercises
043 Chapter 3 The minor pieces and pawns
052 Exercises
063 Chapter 4 Two rooks
067 Exercises
075 Chapter 5 Rook and bishop
083 Exercises
095 Chapter 6 Rook and knight
101 Exercises
113 Chapter 7 Queen and bishop
128 Exercises
143 Chapter 8 Queen and knight
150 Exercises
160 Chapter 9 Queen and rook
171 Exercises
185 Chapter 10 Three pieces
195 Exercises
206 Chapter 11 Solutions

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