Attack and Defense in Modern Chess Tactics

by Luděk Pachman

Dust jacket "Modern Chess Tactics, Ludek Pachman's earlier book, was well received when it was published. In Attack and Defence in Modern Chess Tactics, which continues and concludes Modern Chess Tactics, Ludek Pachman analyses the most complicated tactical attack and defence, the fight for time and space during a game, the psychological elements of chess, and the problems arising from creative fantasy in a game. The text is illustrated by extracts from practical play. The two volumes taken together present a complex but readily understandable analysis of middle-game theory."

Genres: Chess

Hardcover

First published January 1, 1973

About the author

Luděk Pachman (German: Ludek Pachmann) was a Czechoslovak-German chess grandmaster, chess writer, and political activist. In 1972, after being imprisoned and tortured almost to death by the Communist regime in Czechoslovakia, he was allowed to emigrate to West Germany. He lived the remainder of his life there, and resumed his chess career with considerable success, including playing in the Interzonal in 1976 and winning the West German Championship in 1978.