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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

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

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