Description: This chess book is in very good condition. It has a cover price of $17.95. It was printed by Gambit. Without strategy, a chess game is just a series of tactical tricks. A good strategy binds together the tactics and enables a player to make methodical progress towards victory.This book makes sure you will never be short of winning strategies. Angus Dunnington utilizes his many years of chess playing and training to provide an arsenal of ideas that can be employed in many types of position. These plans have been proven in many grandmaster games, so you can be sure that by using them your game will be soundly based.Attacking and defensive strategiesGuidance on when to adopt particular plansLessons from grandmaster games distilled into user-friendly formTips from an Olympiad trainerContents: IntroductionSymbolsPart 1: Opening01 Attacking the Uncastled King02 Tiptoe down the h - file03 Flush Out the Enemy King04 Punish Careless Play05 Strike while the Iron is Hot06 Rooks Thrive on Open Files07 Early Queenside Pawn Offensive08 Classic Pins Game09 Meet a Flank Attack with Counterplay in the Centre10 The Centre: Dismantle and Occupy11 Don't be Afraid of Ghosts12 Closing the Centre Invites a Deadly Flank Attack13 Hinder Your Opponent's Development14 One Weakness Leads to Another15 Hanging Pawns16 White's d6 - knight17 Respect Her Majesty18 Tempt the Queen with your b - pawn19 The Practical Piece Sacrifice20 Opposite - Side Castling: Strike a BalancePart 2: Middlegame21 Fuel the fire22 Eliminate the Leader23 Inducing Weaknesses in the Castled Structure24 Calm Defence Wins Games25 Lure the Pawns Forward26 What is a Queen Worth?27 Attack and Defence28 Centralization29 Taking over a Colour Complex30 Domination of the Only Open File31 Nurture Your Space Advantage32 Domination of a Square in Enemy Territory33 Prisoner34 IQP: Punish Stereotyped Blockading35 Exploiting the Backward c6 - pawn36 A 'Dim' Knight Can Cost You Dear37 Make Your Opponent's Passive Piece Disappear38 Opposite-Coloured Bishops with Major Pieces: The Initiative can be Decisive39 Don't be Greedy; Invest Your Booty!40 Swinging Rooks41 The 'V' Pawn Bind42 Transformation of a Knight43 A Knight in the Centre can be Worth a Rook44 The Dormant b2 - bishop45 Mobilize Your Majority46 Karpov's Anti-IQP Treatment47 Creeping Pawns48 Prise Open a Fixed Pawn Cluster49 The Paralyzing Pin50 Major Pieces in the Middlegame: The Third-Rank Two - Step51 Backward 'French' e6 - pawn52 Bishop-Pair: The Roving Bishop53 Change the Scene with an Exchange Sacrifice54 Rook and Two Knights Tame Two Rooks55 Minority Attack56 The Queenless Pawn - Storm57 The h4-d8 Pin58 Attack in the Direction of Your Pawn - Chain59 Attack the Base of a Pawn - Chain60 If You Resign, You Lose!Part 3: Endgame61 King + pawn vs king: Horse and Cart62 Typical S+A Ending: Bite the Bullet!63 Rooks Belong Behind Passed Pawns64 Cut Off the Enemy King in Rook + Pawn Endings65 Multiple Passed Pawns in Rook + Pawn Endings66 Rook + 2 vs Rook + 2: Win the Race then Win the Game67 Double Rook Endings: Be Active!68 Rook + Pawn vs Bishop + Pawn: The King69 Two Rooks vs Rook + Bishop: Create a Passed Pawn70 Rook vs Knight: A Defensive Fortress Built with Straw71 Rook + Bishop vs Rook: Know the Winning Technique72 Rook vs Pawn: Nifty Rook73 Rook + Bishop vs Rook + Knight: Outside Passed Pawn Decides74 Good Bishop vs Bad Bishop75 Bishop + Pawn Ending: Dislodge the Defending Bishop76 Bishop + Pawn Ending: Pawns on the Same Colour as the Bishop are a liability77 Winning Strategy in Opposite - Coloured Bishop Ending78 Bishop's Superiority over Knight in Ending with Pawns on Both Wings79 B + 4 vs N + 3 on Same Side: Careful Handling80 Bishop-Pair vs Knight-Pair: Bishops Dominate with Pawns on Both Flanks81 Bishop and Pawns vs Pawns: Close Out and Blockade82 What a Difference a Rank Makes in Knight Endings83 Active Pieces can Decide - Even in a Symmetrical Knight Ending84 Good Knight vs Bad Bishop85 Knight and Pawns vs Pawns: Blockade and Conquer86 Queen Ending: Head for the Hills87 Queen + Opposite-Coloured Bishops: A Lesson in Geometry88 Queen + Pawns vs Rook + Pawns: Unhinge the Rook89 Queen vs Rook, Bishop and Knight: Connected Pawns Team up with the Queen90 Rook + Bishop vs Rook: Adding Queens Favours the Minor Pieces91 Active Rook vs Passive Bishop and Knight92 The Powerful Queenside Majority in Major - Piece Endings93 The Smallest Advantage can be Decisive94 Regrouping Pieces in Fixed Pawn Endings95 Opening a New Front of Attack96 Rook and Knight(s) Torment the Cornered King97 Communication98 Significance of the Bishop - Pair99 The Ultimate Breakthrough100 Use Your King!101 Don't Try to See Too Much; Play it Out on the Board!Index of Players Please check out my store for select categories. 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Publication Name: Gambit Publications, Limited
Book Title: 101 Winning Chess Strategies
Item Length: 8.3in.
Item Width: 5.8in.
Author: Angus Dunnington
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Chess
Publisher: Gambit Publications, The Limited
Publication Year: 2001
Genre: Games & Activities
Item Weight: 6.2 Oz
Number of Pages: 128 Pages