The Tactical World of Chess
by Leonid Alexandrovich Shamkovich (1923- )
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 067913400X
- ISBN 13
- 9780679134008
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About This Item
xi+242 pages with diagrams and index. Octavo (8 1/4" x 5 3/4") bound in original publisher's brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine. (Lusis: 1052) First edition. The art of successful chess playing consists of the ability to combine the strategic principles of chess with the combinational and tactical methods of combat. Strategy comprises the general plan of the game: determining the main thrust, arranging the pieces through development, establishing the pawn configuration, making decisions concerning transpositions to the end game and so on All of these are governed by general positional theory and the judgment of specific positions. This book makes this study easier through a methodical and orderly examination of tactical elements of chess. Condition: Corner bumped, spine end rubbed else a very good copy lacking jacket.
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- The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA
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- Title
- The Tactical World of Chess
- Author
- Leonid Alexandrovich Shamkovich (1923- )
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- ISBN 10
- 067913400X
- ISBN 13
- 9780679134008
- Publisher
- David McKay Company, Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1983
- Keywords
- Chess, Ajedrez, Schach, Echecs
- Size
- Octavo
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