The Tactician s Handbook

The Tactician s Handbook (Paperback)

Victor Charushin

Language: English .
Brand New Book.
Paperback: 240 pages

ISBN 10: 1941270344 / ISBN 13: 9781941270349

Published by Russell Enterprises, United States, 2016

The Tactician s Handbook In the late 1990s, American publisher Pickard Son released five books, each dedicated to a unique tactical theme, and each with approximately 100 pages. Written by the late Russian correspondence master Victor Charushin, the books were Alekhine s Block, Combination Cross, Lasker s Combination, Mitrofanov s Deflection, and The Steeplechase.

They were very well-received by chessplayers everywhere. And, in fact, Charushin had written two more books in the series, Domination, and Less Common Combinations, but these were not released. For this edition of The Tactician s Handbook, German grandmaster Karsten Muller has carefully reviewed and then selected the material he thought most enlightening.

Then instructive exercises were added. All the analysis has been checked by the silicon monster, while Charushin s notes and comments were revised where necessary. All seven titles were then combined into one comprehensive volume.
Add to that a foreword by one of the great tacticians of our time, Hungarian grandmaster Judit Polgar, and the result is an excellent, instructive handbook covering some of the most exciting tactics in chess. The Tactician s Handbook is sure to provide you with many hours of enjoyment and instruction!.

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Top Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 starsa Improve your attacking pattern recognition

By C. carnes on February 25, 2017

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I know that calculation is key to chess success... but at today's time controls pattern recognition is the radar that you use to find what to calculate.
This book keys in on a few attacking patterns and drills them into your brain. Go over the annotations without using a board to develop your chess vision and this book will improve your ability to attack 'on the clock'. The collateral benefit is this is great fun to read if you love beautiful combinations.

 

5.0 out of 5 starsNice to see all five volumes presented in one book.

By J. Freiberger on June 4, 2017

Format: Paperback

 

This book was published years ago as five separate volumes. I'd purchased only the books on Lasker's sacrifice and Alekhine's block and enjoyed them. It's nice to see I am now able to purchase all five together in one volume. These themes crop up again and again in my games at every level and it is always a pleasure to devastate an opponent with a two bishop sac or by placing ones knight on f6 where it can be taken by the g7 pawn with seeming impunity, after which we methodically lift our rooks, delivering mate four or five moves down the road, while our opponent watches helplessly. Chess is a vicious game. So let's be vicious!