A Modern Guide to Checkmating Patterns: Improve Your Ability to Spot Typical Mates

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Giving mate is the ultimate goal of every chess player. Finding that all-decisive combination is immensely satisfying. But how are you supposed to spot a checkmate when you are sitting at the board with the clock ticking? In this guide International Master Vladimir Barsky teaches the method created by his mentor Viktor Khenkin (1923-2010). It's based on an ingenious classification of the most frequently occurring mating schemes. A wide range of chess players will find it an extremely useful tool to recognize mating patterns and calculate the often narrow path to the kill. All the 1,000 examples (850 of them in exercise format) that Barsky presents are from games played in 21st century. He has carefully selected the most instructive combinations and lucidly explains the typical techniques to corner your opponent's king. More often than you would expect, positions that look innocent at first sight, turn out to contain a mating pattern. This is not just another book full of chess puzzles. It's a brilliantly organized course that has proven to be effective. Finding mate isn't rocket science, but you need to know what to look for. Vladimir Barsky teaches you exactly that. Title page Explanation of symbols Foreword The rook Exercises 1-30 Exercises 31-60 The queen Exercises 61-90 Exercises 91-121 The minor pieces and pawns Exercises 122-165 Exercises 166-209 Two rooks Exercises 210-241 Exercises 242-273 Rook and bishop Exercises 274-305 Exercises 306-337 Exercises 338-368 Rook and knight Exercises 369-400 Exercises 401-432 Exercises 433-463 Queen and bishop Exercises 464-501 Exercises 502-539 Exercises 540-578 Queen and knight Exercises 579-618 Exercises 619-658 Queen and rook Exercises 659-694 Exercises 695-729 Exercises 730-765 Three pieces Exercises 766-808 Exercises 809-851