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Play Attacking Chess from Move One
Learn to play attacking chess from move one by studying the Fried Liver Attack, the Fishing Pole, the Bishop Sacrifice, the Halosar Trap, and other attacks used by the masters of the past.
278 pages, Paperback
First published August 22, 2014
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March 5, 2015
I really like your format of this strategy text. I plan to practice these moves in game play in next few months. Thanks Chess Maniac.
September 28, 2016
I received this through Goodreads giveaways. This has, in no way, affected my review.
I actually did not enter this giveaway for myself. I entered it for my grandson, who is in his school's Chess Club. I thought that he might like it.
As it turns out, he really, really did.
He said there was some great stuff in there and that reading the book really helped him improve his game.
I, myself, did not read the book, so I can't say anything about it one way or the other. I am just relaying the message. He told me to give it 4.5 stars, but since that is not an option, I rounded up to five.
He was quite pleased with it, so I guess it is a pretty good book on chess (something else that I know nothing about.)
I actually did not enter this giveaway for myself. I entered it for my grandson, who is in his school's Chess Club. I thought that he might like it.
As it turns out, he really, really did.
He said there was some great stuff in there and that reading the book really helped him improve his game.
I, myself, did not read the book, so I can't say anything about it one way or the other. I am just relaying the message. He told me to give it 4.5 stars, but since that is not an option, I rounded up to five.
He was quite pleased with it, so I guess it is a pretty good book on chess (something else that I know nothing about.)
March 2, 2015
I know the basics of chess, but I am by far no expert. I really wanted to learn to play so tried watching YouTube videos and even looked into getting a chess coach but both options were no good. All the other self-help chess books I looked into were either going over things that were too basic or they were much too advanced. This book takes you step-by-step through each technique with diagrams for nearly every move. The diagrams make it super easy to follow along which is why I would highly recommend to any beginner through intermediate chess player any day!
January 22, 2017
Book has 16 traps and attacks that ends in mate or advantage to one side. It has diagram for (almost) every single move which makes it easy to follow without a chessboard. Annotations are sparse.
Some of the the moves by the defender feels like self-mate (where aim of the play is to get mated). I preferred if the book covered a few variations for the defender.
Some of the the moves by the defender feels like self-mate (where aim of the play is to get mated). I preferred if the book covered a few variations for the defender.
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