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    1001 Winning Chess Sacrifices and Combinations
    1001 Winning Chess Sacrifices and Combinations
    1001 Winning Chess Sacrifices and Combinations
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    1001 Winning Chess Sacrifices and Combinations

    By Fred Reinfeld

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    Enhance Your Tactical Weapons! 1001 Winning Chess Sacrifices and Combination is the companion volume to Reinfeld's 1001 Brilliant Ways to Checkmate. Of course each book can be taken on its own, but together they make a wonderful collection, and cover the full range of tactical chess. And they are now both available in 21st-century editions, using modern algebraic notation. Reinfeld has arranged his quiz positions so that they fall into orderly chapters, each with a common theme. Still, the degree of difficulty varies widely. Easiest are one move shots, suitable for players starting out. Most difficult are the examples that run seven moves and more; some of these may even stump an ordinary master. Most of all, this a book of combinative ideas, all designed to enhance your arsenal of weapons. The first step toward mastery is to become familiar with the different types of tactical motifs. The second step is to study a great many examples of these tactical themes. So, the object of this book is to add to your knowledge, to make you a strong chessplayer, and (last but not least) to delight you with some of the most beautiful moves ever played on the chessboard.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRussell Enterprises, Inc.
    Release dateMar 4, 2015
    ISBN9781936490882
    1001 Winning Chess Sacrifices and Combinations
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    Fred Reinfeld

    Fred Reinfeld (1910–1964) was a well-known and prolific chess writer, whose writing is well known for its deceptive simplicity and clarity, tinged with warmth and humour.

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      Classic--one of the best problems books for your buck. Don't sweat the notation, it's not so bad when it's just in the solutions. This book happily meets my two favorite characteristics for chess problems: they're practical (could show up in play) and more often than not, don't end in mate. Very useful for honing your tactical faculties.

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    1001 Winning Chess Sacrifices and Combinations - Fred Reinfeld

    Reinfeld

    1. Pinning

    The pin is by far the most frequently used tactical theme. It may be defined as an attack on a piece which screens a second piece from attack. The unit attacked in this way is said to be pinned. If attacked with enough force and ingenuity, it can often be won or completely disabled. Some examples:

    In Diagram 2 Black’s knight is subject to an absolute pin. (This is the term we use when the king is the screened piece.) Worse yet, the knight is pinned in two ways, by the white queen and bishop. And still worse, the knight is not protected by a pawn, which is the best – and cheapest – defense for a pinned piece. All these weaknesses combine to make possible White’s brilliant demolition of Black’s position.

    In Diagram 5 we see again the fatal effect of an absolute pin. Once we’re familiar with the pinning motif, we become used to the idea of creating pins – as for example in Diagram 16, where White first sacrifices in order to win Black’s queen by means of a pin.

    Sometimes a pin defeats an already existing pin. Diagram 11 is a thrilling example of this.

    A frequent use of the pin is to pile up on the pinned piece with an effective pawn advance, as in Diagram 17. The piling-up may also be performed by pieces – sometimes with startling effect, as in Diagram 1.

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