1000 Checkmate Combinations

by Victor Khenkin, Mikhail Tal (Introduction)

This truly outstanding book, first published in Russian in the 1970s and regarded as a classic, contains everything you need to know about how to deliver checkmate.

1000 Checkmate Combinations contains a wealth of elegant and sophisticated chess tactics as well as systematic and effective instruction. Each chapter covers a different piece or combination of pieces that is able to deliver checkmate, and provides illustrative templates for just about every mating formation. By working through the book, readers will develop their ability to recognise the potential for checkmate, as well as the know-how to execute one.

Clearly written and beautifully organised, it will appeal to all chess players but particularly club players.

Genres: Chess

352 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 2011

Reviews

[Mustapha Safadieh · Rating 4 out of 5]

Phew! Who would've thought!? (The Russians obviously). This is an excellent collection of circumstances, and a VERY interesting handbook for anyone willing to get better at the game. Pieces are discussed at length individually, and then again with respect to others. Really opened my eyes to the planning that it takes to win, and how to deal with strategies that have broken; which is to say, how to calculate every branch of events that could possibly happen after this move, and then the next, and so and so forth. It's hard to explain, but if you've got the time and the interest, this book is definitely for you.

[Jim]

As Mustapha mentioned in his review..this is a really well put together chess book by the Russian Chess Trainer Khenkin . I think one of the best of its type. Electronic editions are the only affordable way to read this book as hard copies are listed over $100.