Table of Contents
Preface 7
Explanation of Symbols 10
Part I Typical Manoeuvres 11
Chapter 1 Ladies First 13
Chapter 2 Réti's Rifle 18
Chapter 3 Alekhine's Gun 25
Chapter 4 Rocking King's Rooks 31
Chapter 5 The Swinging Queen's Rook 37
Chapter 6 Mysterious Rook Moves 44
Chapter 7 A Little Leap Forward 49
Chapter 8 The Modern King 55
Exercises Part I 60
Part II Sacrificial Patterns 63
Chapter 9 Arturito's Exchange Sac for… What? 65
Chapter 10 Brutal Exchange Sacs 71
Chapter 11 Don't Move! (Your Knight) 77
Chapter 12 Open up! (the Centre) 83
Chapter 13 Sacrificium Universalis: g2-g4! 89
Chapter 14 The Weakest Link 95
Chapter 15 The Weakest Link Round Two 101
Exercises Part II 107
Part III Breaking Pawn Moves 109
Chapter 16 The Other Dynamic Pawn Sac Ill
Chapter 17 Firing at the Fianchetto 117
Chapter 18 …b7-b5 - The Regular Guest? 124
Chapter 19 The Fearless Break 130
Chapter 20 A Versatile Pawn Sac 137
Chapter 21 The En-Passant Break 143
Exercises Part III 143
Part IV Material Matters 149
Chapter 22 Lost Without a Queen? 151
Chapter 23 Major Pieces in the Twilight Zone? 157
Chapter 24 The Pair of Compensators 163
Chapter 25 The Bishop's Monopoly 168
Chapter 26 The Lost Knight 174
Exercises Part IV 181
Part V Play With Your Pieces! Stop the Counting 183
Chapter 27 Queen or Two Rooks: How to Choose? 185
Chapter 28 The Three Musketeers 190
Chapter 29 The Lonesome Queen vs Rook and two Pieces 196
Chapter 30 The People Versus the Queen 203
Chapter 31 When Two is Enough 209
Chapter 32 Two Minor Pieces or a Rook? 217
Chapter 33 Three Pawns for a Piece 223
Exercises Part V 229
Part VI Bad Patterns 231
Chapter 34 A Nightmare Pawn Structure 232
Chapter 35 The Worst Knight 238
Chapter 36 Another Bad Knight 244
Chapter 37 Buried Bishops 251
Exercises Part VI 257
Solutions 259
Index of Players 277
Bibliography 281
About the Author 283
