Author: Alekseĭ Alekseevich Troit︠s︡kiĭPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chess
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Collection of Chess Studies
Author: Alekseĭ Alekseevich Troit︠s︡kiĭPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chess
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Collection of Chess Studies
Author: Alekseĭ Alekseevich Troit︠s︡kiĭPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chess
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Collection of Chess Studies by Troitzky
Author: Alexey Alexeyevich TroitzkyPublisher:
ISBN: 9780923891107
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Alexey Alexeyevich Troitzky (1866-1942) is considered to have been the greatest composer of chess endgame studies ever. To call him a genius is to trivialize his accomplishments, because there are many geniuses, but few can equal the output of Troitzky. In his lifetime, Troitzky composed more than one thousand chess endgame studies. Nobody really knows how many. In this work, published in 1937, he started an ambitious project to collect all of his creations together and then put them into order according to theme. In this, the first volume of the projected project, Troitzky presented in order endgames which either started with a queen or a rook already on the board or else with a solution that involved promoting a pawn to a queen or a rook. Looking at the section starting on page 259 entitled "Classification of Studies by Themes", one can see the logical ordering of this book. Previous reprints of this work have omitted 72 pages which include the analysis of the two knights vs. pawn endgames which Troitzky proved for the first time leads to a win for the two knights, depending on the position of the pawn. By removing this section, previous editors butchered the work, because many of these compositions end with a position involving two knights against a pawn. In these cases, Troitzky simply writes "And wins". To see how White wins one needs the section on two knights against pawn. Here is the complete work. Nowadays, the great sport has become trying to bust or "cook" by computer analysis the long established problems such as those in this book. However, Troitzky's compositions have stood the test of time more than those of other composers. Computers have a horizon beyond which they cannot see. Thus, endgame composition and analysis is one field where humans can still beat and perhaps will always be able to defeat even the most powerful computers. The problems in this book are truly fantastic. The solutions look impossible. Yet, what seems like many defenses are simply not there. Somehow there are no safe places where the king or queen can escape or there is a knight just in exactly the right spot to give a fork. It is good that the solutions come right after the problems, because nobody could ever solve them if the solutions were put in the back.
The Chess Endgame Study
Author: A. J. RoycroftPublisher: Courier Dover Publications
ISBN: 0486816281
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
Thorough discourse and rigorous analysis, enlivened by wit, offers a classic exposition of the endgame. Commentary, statistics, and more than 400 studies have been completely revised and updated by the author.
Collection of Chess Studies
Author: Aleksei Alekseevič TroitskiiPublisher:
ISBN: 9783283001148
Category : Chess
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Chess Studies, Comprising One Thousand Games
Author: George WalkerPractical Chess Beauty
Author: Yochanan AfekPublisher:
ISBN: 9781784830755
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
Solving studies is well established as an effective method of chess improvement. In Practical Chess Beauty one of the world's greatest study composers shares his finest creations.Fire your imagination, gain a greater appreciation of chess geometry, and develop a finer feeling for the pieces' potential by trying to find the ideas hidden in the hundreds of studies in this book. Or simply wonder at some of the most stunning chess moves ever conceived.
Domination in 2,545 Endgame Studies
Author: Genrikh Moiseevich Kaspari︠a︡nPublisher:
ISBN: 9780923891879
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Chess Studies: Comprising One Thousand Games, Actually Played During the Last Half Century; Presenting a Unique Collection of Classical and Brilliamt Specimens of Chess Skill, ...
Author: George WalkerEndgame Challenge
Author: John NunnPublisher: Gambit Publications
ISBN: 9781901983838
Category : Chess
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
John Nunn presents 250 challenging positions where your task is to find a cunning way to win or draw. In many cases the odds against success seem overwhelming, yet by using all the tactical resources in the position it is possible to achieve the goal. The studies were subjected to a rigorous checking procedure, during which thousands of unsatisfactory positions were weeded out. The 250 studies finally selected represent some of the finest creations of composers such as Kasparian, Troitsky, Pogosiants, Mitrofanov, Chéron and Réti. Nunn's detailed solutions contain many points and clarifications that have hitherto gone unmentioned, so readers will rarely be left to wonder whether their intended solution really did work. In an over-the-board game, the ability to use the pieces in harmony is paramount, and those players who can exploit every resource in a position are those who become champions. While the focus in this book is on tactics, readers will also develop a greater understanding of many important endgame topics, such as fortresses, stalemate defences, the opposition and zugzwang.