The Art of Checkmate (Dover Chess)
by Georges Renaud, Victor Kahn
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Author: Georges Renaud, Victor KahnEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); French (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1962-06-01
ISBN: 0486201066
Number of pages: 224
Publisher: Dover Publications
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Book Review: A "must have" chess book.
Summary: 5 Stars
With 26 short chapters covering the various mating motifs, quizzes, and solutions, the book is a very easy read (beginners may find it more challenging but still accessable) and it will impart the essential knowledge of how to conduct the mating attack. After having read this book my play improved considerably, and it also became much more aggressive (which was a welcome change).
The book is well bound (standard Dover quality construction) with clear diagrams and easy to read text. Notation is descriptive, but done in a column style that that makes it easy to follow.
This book also complements Znosko-Borovsky's "The Art of Combinations" well, the second half of which is devoted to thematic attacks on the castled king, and would make a good primer before tackling the more sophisticated "Art of Attack" by Vukovic.
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