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Josh Waitzkin's attacking chess, aggressive strategies and inside moves from the U.S. Junior Chess Champion, Josh Waitzkin with Fred Waitzkin

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Josh Waitzkin's attacking chess, aggressive strategies and inside moves from the U.S. Junior Chess Champion, Josh Waitzkin with Fred Waitzkin

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Josh Waitzkin's attacking chess

Oclc number

32273382

Responsibility statement

Josh Waitzkin with Fred Waitzkin

Series statement

Fireside chess library

Sub title

aggressive strategies and inside moves from the U.S. Junior Chess Champion

Summary

The subject of the book and movie Searching for Bobby Fischer, Josh Waitzkin has long been the top-ranked player for his age in the United States and a role model for chess-playing kids everywhere. Now, for the first time, Waitzkin reveals the aggressive tactics and psychological techniques that have propelled him to the forefront of the chess world. His unique introduction to the game combines solid instruction with stories about his personal experiences that capture all the excitement and tension of playing chess at the championship level.--, Amazon.com

Table Of Contents

Introduction -- Mate -- The fork -- Pins and skewers -- Double threat -- Removing the defender -- Discovery -- Bust -- Pawn storms and the power of the kamikaze -- Queen traps -- Minor traps -- Courage -- Don't settle for less -- Opening traps -- Quiet moves in attack -- Zwischenzug -- The seventh rank and the pig -- Mating nets -- Sac for mate! -- Graduate work -- Appendix: Algebraic notation

Target audience

adult

resource.variantTitle

Attacking chess

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