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    212 Surprising Checkmates
    212 Surprising Checkmates
    212 Surprising Checkmates
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    212 Surprising Checkmates

    By Fred Wilson and Bruce Alberston

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    Deliver the Coup de Grace! With this instructive manual, players can learn to concentrate on one-, two- and three-move checkmates, focusing on their opponents’ last moves and keeping alert to new possibilities, rather than getting blinded by previous calculations. Written by two experienced chess teachers, this volumes first 100 exercises concern checkmates in one move, while the remaining exercises represent game-like positions for checkmates in two and three moves. All are designed to increase a player’s skill and speed analyzing and solving chess problems. This is an updated and expanded version of 202 Surprising Checkmates which was released in 1998.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRussell Enterprises, Inc.
    Release dateMar 4, 2015
    ISBN9781936490356
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      212 Surprising Checkmates - Fred Wilson

      212

      Surprising

      Checkmates

      by

      Bruce Alberston

      &

      Fred Wilson

      2011

      Russell Enterprises, Inc.

      Milford, CT USA

      212 Surprising Checkmates

      by

      Bruce Alberston & Fred Wilson

      ISBN: 978-1-936490-23-3

      © Copyright 2011

      Bruce Alberston & Fred Wilson

      All Rights Reserved

      No part of this book may be used, reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any manner or form whatsoever or by any means, electronic, electrostatic, magnetic tape, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the express written permission from the publisher except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews.

      Published by:

      Russell Enterprises, Inc.

      P.O. Box 3131

      Milford, CT 06460 USA

      http://www.russell-enterprises.com

      [email protected]

      Cover design by Janel Lowrance

      Printed in the United States of America

      This is a revised edition, with additional material, of 202 Surprising Checkmates, originally published by Dover Publications in 1998

      Table of Contents

      Acknowledgments

      Symbols and Abbreviations

      Introduction

      Definitions

      Chapter 1

      White Mates in One Move 1-100

      Chapter 2

      White Mates in Two Moves 101-150

      Black Mates in Two Moves 151-200

      Chapter 3

      White Mates in Three Moves 201-212

      Answer Diagrams

      Acknowledgments

      Special thanks to the following people who either contributed positions, checked solutions, or made useful suggestions:

      Adam Marcus, Gregory Caesar. Dan Satterwaite, Ben Schanback, Jeff Tannenbaum, Tom Schrade, Mike Senkiewicz, Emmitt Jefferson, Andy Ansel, Andrew Fox, Glen Hart, Ned Wall, Oshon Temple, and Marianna Loosemore.

      Symbols & Abbreviations

      Introduction

      It is now generally recognized that, especially beneath the master level, the outcome of a chess game is mostly determined by tactical errors. And these errors can be both of commission and omission. Which of us has not, in the heat of battle, ruined a well-played game by not paying attention to our opponent’s last move, thereby overlooking his or her threat of checkmate in one or two moves?

      Conversely, who hasn’t missed the opportunity to play a cute mate-in-one, perhaps by failing to

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