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Description Sacrifice and Initiative in Chess - Seize the Moment to Get the Advantage by Ivan Sokolov New In Chess | October 2013 | ISBN-10: 9056914316 | ePUB | 13.7 mb http://www.amazon.com/Sacrif...ment-Advantage/dp/9056914316 The sacrifice is one of the most beautiful, rewarding and complex aspects of chess. During a game the decision to give up material in order to get an advantage is probably the most difficult one a player has to take. Often, you have to burn your bridges without being able to fully calculate the consequences. Risks and rewards are racing through your mind, fighting for precedence while the clock keeps ticking. Now is the moment, because after the next move the window for this opportunity may be closed. In this book Ivan Sokolov presents a set of practical tools that will help you to master the art of sacrifice. By concentrating on the aim you are trying to achieve, rather than on the opening you are playing or the piece you might be going to sack, he teaches you how to come to a reasonable risk assessment and how to trust your intuition. There is a separate part on seizing the initiative without actually giving up material. Ivan Sokolov has written an entertaining and instructive guide, packed with useful advice and lots of practical examples. About the Author Ivan Sokolov is a top grandmaster who was born in Bosnia in 1968. He was Yugoslav champion in 1988 and Dutch champion in 1995 and 1998. He rose to the number 12 spot in the FIDE world rankings. In his rich career Sokolov has beaten world chess champions Garry Kasparov, Vladimir Kramnik and Viswanathan Anand. His previous books The Ruy Lopez Revisited, The Strategic Nimzo-Indian and Winning Chess Middlegames were widely acclaimed bestsellers. CONTENTS Preface Part I Initiative Chapter 1 Ignoring the Threat Chapter 2 Keeping the Momentum Chapter 3 Standard Attacking Plans Chapter 4 Pawn Breaks Chapter 5 Sensing the Moment Chapter 6 Developing the Attack Chapter 7 The Fight for the Initiative Part II Sacrifice Chapter 8 The King Chase Chapter 9 The Castled King Chapter 10 The Decoy Sacrifice Chapter 11 King in the Centre Chapter 12 The Sacrifrce for Development Chapter 13 Clearance Sacrifices Chapter 14 Pawn Structure Sacrifices Chapter 15 Unexpected Sacrificing Motifs Chapter 16 Intuitive Sacrifices Conclusion Bibliography Index of Names Sharing Widget |