The Great Book of Chess Combinations
by Jozsef Pinter
Caissa Chess Books | 2012 | ISBN: 978 963 8792877 | PDF | 432 pages | 23.7 mb

You are holding 1400 combinations in your hand. If you review them, your approach to tactics and your combinational skills will surely develop. You can pick up chess from a trainer or all by yourself. A good teacher tells his students about the essence, the strategy and the inner lines of force of chess. Combinations, however, can be learned from books, too. Its method is to solve chess combinations. The main motives can be acquired that way. This book deals with the main motives of tactics. Each section contains and advanced level studies. This masterpiece is easy to use. If the reader has 5 minutes, he will solve one riddle. If he has 60 minutes, he will go through a dozen. And if he wants to make real progress, then let him solve a whole section.
The writer- Jozsef Pinter - is one of the most acknowledged grandmasters in Hungary. Silver medalist at the Chess Olympiad, champion of Hungary several times, captain of the national team, one of the main trainers at the Central School of Chess. He has written a lot of books. As a chess player, he is well-known for his "healthy" style of playing. Hungarian chessplayers say that if you want to become a strong player, then you will have to attend Pinter's classes. You can now listen to him, at least for the duration of 1400 studies. Get moving, have fun!

CONTENTS
Preface . . . . . . . . . . 5
I . Back Rank . . . . . . . . . . 9
II. Diagonal . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
I I I . Deflection . . . . . . . . 75
I V. Pawn Promotion . . . . . . . . . . . 113
V. Weak King . . . . . . . . . . . 141
VI. Pinning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
VII. Peculiar Combinations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
VIII. Decoying . . . . . . 301
IX. Opening a File and a Rank . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
X . Locking a File and a Rank . . . . ... . . . . . . . 3 99
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .415
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . .