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Description Essential Chess Sacrifices by David Lemoir Gambit Publications | September 2004 | ISBN-10: 1904600034 | DJVU/PDF | 256 pages | 3.41/26.9 mb http://www.amazon.com/Essent...s-David-Lemoir/dp/1904600034 PDF conversion is mine. Sacrifices are an essential part of chess. Those who never consider sacrificing will miss countless opportunities and find that promising positions repeatedly slip away. Players who do not appreciate their opponents' sacrificial possibilities will be unable to see danger signs, and find themselves on the wrong end of too many king-hunts. Rather than merely cataloguing the various possibilities and providing examples, LeMoir discusses the possible follow-ups to the sacrifices, the defensive options against them, and the positional factors that might suggest whether the sacrifice will be sound or unsound. There are many important types of chess positions that can only be played well by those who understand the thematic sacrifices that are possible. About the Author David LeMoir is an experienced chess-player and writer. He twice won the championship of the West of England and was runner-up on four occasions. In 2000, he was champion of the English county of Norfolk. In a successful career as a business strategy consultant, he has made good use of the strategic and decision-making skills that are developed by playing chess. He has earned a reputation for writing chess books that discuss important practical chess topics with great clarity CONTENTS Symbols 4 Introduction 5 1 A Knight Clears the Queenside: Nxb5 in the Sicilian 7 2 A Bishop Clears the Queenside: Bxb5 in the Sicilian 16 3 The Multi-Faceted Knight Leap: Knight Sacrifices on d5 31 4 Keeping the King in the Centre: Bishop Sacrifices on e6 49 5 Hounding the King in the Centre: Knight Sacrifices on e6 72 6 The Other Sicilian Knight Leap: Nf5 84 7 Opening the g-File against the Castled King: The Other Nf5 Sacrifice 94 8 Dragging the King Out: Nxf7 107 9 The Bishop Unseats the King: Bxf7+ Sacrifices 124 10 Nailing Down the King's Coffin: Knight Sacrifices on f6 135 11 Piercing the Heart of the Castled Position: Nxg7 149 12 Prising Open the h-File: Ng5 and Bg5 Sacrifices 159 13 Destroying the Castled King's Fortress: ..Bxh6 172 14 The Greek Gift: ..Bxh7+ 183 15 The Double Bishop Sacrifice 203 16 How to Play Successful Piece Sacrifices 210 17 Solutions to Exercises 212 Index of Games 221 Index of Openings 224 Sharing Widget |