Attacking Chess

Aggressive Strategies and Inside Moves from the U.S. Junior Chess Champion

By: Josh Waitzkin

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Paperback | 1 August 1995 | Edition Number 1

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240 Pages

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21.59 x 13.97 x 1.52

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The subject of the book and movie Searching for Bobby Fischer, Josh Waitzkin has long been the top-ranked player for his age in the United States and a role model for chess-playing kids everywhere. Now, for the first time, Waitzkin reveals the aggressive tactics and psychological techniques that have propelled him to the forefront of the chess world. His unique introduction to the game combines solid instruction with stories about his personal experiences that capture all the excitement and tension of playing chess at the championship level.
Josh Waitzkin''s Attacking Chess presents nineteen different offensive strategies, progressing from the most elementary, including forks, pins, skewers, and double threats, to the more advanced and sophisticated moves used by the world''s best players. Chapters such as Minor Traps, The Seventh Rank and the Pig, Mating Nets, and Quiet Moves in Attack show how anyone can develop a more aggressive and creative style of play. Each strategy is illustrated with examples taken from actual games Waitzkin has played, described with all the gusto and competitive intensity this young master brings to his craft. You can feel the heat of battle throughout this action-packed manual -- it''s guaranteed to entertain and inspire all students of chess who want to learn how to emerge victorious from the black and white jungle.

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Garry Kasparov World Champion Of Chess This book will help you enter the exciting world of the black and white jungle....Josh is not only a very good chess player but has learned from his father how to explain his ideas and feelings for the game....He has produced a lovely work.

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