The Art of Sacrifice in Chess

by Rudolf Spielmann

Grandmaster shows how to win games by giving up pieces. Describes games against Réti, Tarrasch, and other masters. Introduction. 91 diagrams.

Genres: Chess, Nonfiction

198 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1935

Reviews

[Alberto · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting games, but Spielmann tends to bog down in vague considerations not grounded in concrete analysis. Also, he seriously overestimates the attacker's chances in many positions, and several times this irretrievably mars otherwise sound analysis.

[John Ruf · Rating 5 out of 5]

classic in chess. lots of nasty little surprises useful for beginners and intermediate players.

[Swan_princess · Rating 1 out of 5]

Not finished.

[TrumanCoyote · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's probably best to look upon this as a games collection rather than a textbook. There are indeed some great games here (I particularly liked that one against Bogoljubov where Spielmann's queen ends up on b1). As an instructional manual it's not of terribly much use: just some tedious discussions of classification and whatnot, during which Rudy unfortunately manages to indulge his penchant for being very pedantic indeed.