1,111 Two-, Three- & Four-move Mates

Improve Your Checkmate Power!
240 pages, paperback, Russell Enterprises, 1. edition 2014

Improve Your Checkmate Power!
This second volume in the Mastering Mate series provides readers with a serious challenge - 1,111 checkmates in two, three, four and more moves. By solving these problems, you will develop proficiency in all of the major checkmating patterns.
There is much more here than the simple presentation of positions to solve. Mastering Mates 2 includes a full range of checkmates from real-life middlegames and endgames.
By solving these here, you will be much more likely to solve them when you meet them over the board, and you will more likely to reach such positions with the confidence of knowing that you can finish off your opponents in style.
With practice, readers will develop considerable tactical prowess by confronting and solving these problems. Build your mental muscles right here, by mastering mate!
Jon Edwards won the 10th United States Correspondence Chess Championship in 1997 and the 8th North American Invitational Correspondence Chess Championship in 1999. He is the author of 'Sacking the Citadel: The History, Theory and Practice of the Classic Bishop Sacrifice', and 'ChessBase Complete'.
Gewicht:320 g
Hersteller: Russell Enterprises
Breite :15,2 cm
Höhe:22,7 cm
Erscheinungsjahr:2014
Autor :Jon Edwards
Sprache:Englisch
Auflage: 1
ISBN-13: 978-1936490981
Seiten            : 240
Einband: kartoniert
 
004 Introduction
005 White to move and mate in two moves
072 Black to move and mate in two moves
114 White to move and mate in three moves
148 Black to move and mate in three moves
166 White to move and mate in four moves
183 Black to move and mate in four moves
192 Solutions