Winning Chess Tactics 4th Ed - Seirawan

Attack? Defend? Swap pieces? Tactics are the watchdogs of strategy that take advantage of short-term opportunities to trap or ambush your opponent and quite possibly change the course of a game in a single move. Why play in a fog, only hoping that your opponent will blunder when International Grandmaster Yasser Seirawan can show you how to put the tactics of the world's chess legends to work for you.

Choose from the double attack, the pin, the skewer, deflection, the decor, x-rays, windmills and many more time-tested tactics. Board positions from actual games played by history's great chess tacticians are provided throughout. Review tests for each topic let you track your improvement. In no time you'll be playing better, with more confidence than you ever thought possible.

Features

• Plan your entire game from the very first move
• Think ahead, step-by-step, anticipating every obstacle your opponent can throw your way
• Position yourself for the smashing combination and endgame of which you've always dreamed

Specifications

• 224 Pages
• Paperback
• Publisher: Everyman
• Published: 2005
• Notation: Figurine Notation