First published 1992 Reprinted 1993, 1994 © Mark Dvoretsky 1992 ISBN 0 7134 7093 3 British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, by any means, without prior permission of the publisher. ‘Typeset by Latimer Trend & Gompany Lid, Plymouth and printed in «Britain by Redwood Books, ‘Trowbridge, Wilts. for the publishers, B.T. Batsford Ltd, 4 Fitzhardinge Street, London WIH 0AH A BATSFORD CHESS ROOK Adviser: R. D. Keone GM, OBE. Technical Editor: Graham BurgessContents Preface tL Combinations and the Calculation of V: Combinational Vision Sunspots Twin Combinations Prompting Candidate Moves Paying Attention to the Opponent’s Possibilities The Method of Exclusion ‘The Double Attack The Trapped Picce ‘The Strength of the Passed Pawn Don’t Let your King get in the way of a Combination! You Learn by your Mistakes! Look Out~ It’s a Trap! Logic or Intuition? ‘The Examination of Does the Problem Hav How Many Roads I “Difficult to Teach --Easy to Do!” Combinations which are Impossible to Find A Game Played Several Times Over Practice in Playing-Our Exercises for Analysis , xercises a Solution? id to Rome? 2 Attack and Defence Sacrifice or Oversight? “Not all that Glisters is Gold” ‘Ten Years On Twenty Years On Giving Up a Pawn to Prevent Castling Was the Attack Irresistible? Is there such a thing as an ‘Id Science Fiction! Style? vii ul 15 19 22 oa 36 a2 47 3t 55 58 64 67 73 Bl at 88, 94 100. 108 U3 6 120 124 127 131 134 138, 147vi Contents Winning in Rom Two Attacking Dzhin Attacks! The Decisive Game The Spectators went wild with Delight A Chink in the Armour The Psychology of Defence Into the Eye of the Storm! Bluff! On the Edge of a Precipice Positional nie Style Exchange Sacrifices ‘Two ‘French’ Endgames It’s Better to Give Up a Pawn Form your Own Opinion Exercises for Analysis Solutions to Analytical Exercises Index to Questions and Exercises ames by Rainer Knaak