How to think ahead in chess : the methods and techniques of planning your entire game [Fireside chess library] [Playing with the white pieces: Stonewall pattern. What opening shall I play? ; Stonewall attack I: demolition sacrifice at KR7 ; Stonewall attack II: normal position for white ; Stonewall attack III: swooping down on the open king bishop file ; Queen's gambit declined: black evades the Stonewall attack -- Playing with the black pieces against 1P-K4. What defense shall I play against 1P-K4.? ; Dragon variation I: white cannot afford indifferent play ; Dragon variation II: normal position for black ; Dragon variation III: black concludes with a stunning queen sacrifice ; Dragon variation IV: vigorous counterattack ; Dragon variati

Horowitz, I. A. (Israel Albert), 1907-1973. ; Reinfeld, Fred, 1910-1964. ; design, Isadore Seltzer

ISBN 10: 0671211382 / ISBN 13: 9780671211387

Edité par New York: Simon and Schuster, 1951, 1972(?), 1972

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[1951 edition, 3rd printing] ; xii, 268 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm ; ISBN: 0671211382; 9780671211387 ; LC: GV1445; Dewey: 794.1/2 ; red, blue, black and white pictorial stiff paper wrappers ; Contents: Playing with the white pieces: Stonewall pattern. What opening shall I play? ; Stonewall attack I: demolition sacrifice at KR7 ; Stonewall attack II: normal position for white ; Stonewall attack III: swooping down on the open king bishop file ; Queen's gambit declined: black evades the Stonewall attack -- Playing with the black pieces against 1P-K4. What defense shall I play against 1P-K4.? ; Dragon variation I: white cannot afford indifferent play ; Dragon variation II: normal position for black ; Dragon variation III: black concludes with a stunning queen sacrifice ; Dragon variation IV: vigorous counterattack ; Dragon variation V: white's queen-side castling proves a fiasco ; Dragon variation VI: relentless positional pressure by black -- Playing with the black pieces against 1P-Q4. What defense shall I play against 1P-Q4.? ; Lasker's defense I: simplification leads to freedom ; Lasker's defense II: normal position for black ; Lasker's defense III: a fatal dilemma for white ; Lasker's defense IV: battleground of conflicting theories ; Lasker's defense V: white's last attempt at refutation -- How to exploit inferior play by your opponent. What if my opponent doesn't follow the book? ; The importance of controlling the center ; How superior mobility leads to a stormy breakthrough ; How line-opening leads to attacking possibilities ; How superior mobility leads to line-opening. ; "It is really no great secret that the right move in each position is the sure path to victory. To find the right move invariably, however, is beyond the power of ordinary mortals. What is within his grasp, is the right way to think ahead. Not far ahead. Accurate appraisal is more important than deep calculation. The purpose of this book is to teach the right way to think ahead." -from introduction ; VG.

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• Titre: How to think ahead in chess : the methods and techniques of planning your entire game [Fireside chess library] [Playing with the white pieces: Stonewall pattern. What opening shall I play? ; Stonewall attack I: demolition sacrifice at KR7 ; Stonewall attack II: normal position for white ; Stonewall attack III: swooping down on the open king bishop file ; Queen's gambit declined: black evades the Stonewall attack -- Playing with the black pieces against 1P-K4. What defense shall I play against ...
• Éditeur: New York: Simon and Schuster, 1951, 1972(?)
• Date de parution: 1972
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0671211382
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780671211387
• Reliure: Soft cover
• État de l'article: Very Good
• État de la jaquette: No Jacket
• Type de livre: Book

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Book by Horowitz I A Reinfeld Fred