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Chess Middlegame Combinations by Peter Romanovsky
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September 16, 2023a pawn is called "backward" when it is actually left behind, i.e. it is behind pawns of the same colour, and "passed" if there are not enemy pawns on the local files, preventing its advance.
The terms "blockade", "attack", "centre", "flank", "blow" and others essentially differ in no way from the concept that is fixed for them in the very life and history of everyday language.
In chess there exists a concept called variation, which is a chain of moves logically linked together by a single plan.
A combination is a forced variation by means of which the initiator of it achieves a set aim.
combinational ideas: removal of a barrier ( obstacle) , blockading, pinning (pieces) , intercepting ( lines on which pieces are moving) , deflection of pieces from defensive functions, decoying of pieces to squares marked for attack
the downfall of a king, "smothered" by its own comrades.
In other conditions a locked-in position of the king is a plus, since it ensures safety. Thus a master never makes the moves h3 or g3 just for the sake of prophylaxis.
Mistake on page 53. 1 e4 e 5 2 f4 exf4 3 Be4 should be 1 e4 e 5 2 f4 exf4 3 "Bc4"
Mistake on page 58. White: C.Goring should be White: C.Goering
Mistake on page 67. Nimzovich-Tarrasch should be Nimzowitsch-Tarrasch
Mistake on page 77. Capablanca-Dus Chotimirsky should be Capablanca-Duz Khotimirsky
A list of combinational methods:
1 ) The method of enticement (pieces lured to an undefended square, the king - to a line where it can be checked)
2 ) The reverse of the first - the method of diversion (pieces diverted from defence of squares or lines intended as one of the objects of the double attack)
3 ) Demolition or removal of obstacles (doing away with enemy pieces and pawns with the aim of exposing the position of the king, opening of lines, weakening of squares)
the double attack of the pawn is given the graphic name of the "fork"
Mistake on page 86. Labourdonnais (France) and MacDonnell should be La Bourdonnais (France) and McDonnell
Mistake on page 89. Bogolyubov-Alekhine should be Bogoljubov-Alekhine
Mistake on page 90. Black is two rooks ahead should be White is two rooks ahead
Mistake on page 90. 51 Kf2 Kfl should be 51 Ke2 Kf7
Mistake on page 95. 1 e5 e5 should be 1 e4 e5
Nimzovich knew to perfection the elements of the positional struggle. He wrote deep es says on this theme (My System, My System in Practice, The Chess Blockade).
Mistake on page 97. Black: A.Nimzovich should be Black: A.Nimzowitsch
Mistake on page 101. Black: A.Nimzovich should be Black: A.Nimzowitsch
Mistake on page 107. Nolmann-Alekhine should be Nollmann-Alekhine
Mistake on page 108. White: V.Goglidse should be White: V.Goglidze
Mistake on page 115. 36 Nxg7 Qg3 should be 36 Nxg7 Qg3+
Mistake on page 116. White: G.Rotlevi should be White: G.Rotlewi
Mistake on page 125. White: A.Nimzovich should be White: A.Nimzowitsch
Torre-Lasker, in which White carried out a combination, dubbed "the mill" (scheme 5). This is a very striking illustration of the combinational harmony of rook and bishop.
Mistake on page 148. game with Nimzovich should be game with Nimzowitsch
Mistake on page 151. Image is missing the white bishop on G2
Mistake on page 153. Nimzovich-Leonhardt should be Nimzowitsch-Leonhardt
Mistake on page 155. On the image the black pawn on A7 should be on A6
Mistake on page 156. S.Freyman should be S.Freymann
The method of decoying a piece to a desired square and the method of diverting a piece from defence of a square, the method of restricting a piece by means of a pin
placing one's piece or pawn between the square interesting you and the location of the opponent's piece, you, as it were, cut or intercept the line of operation of the enemy pieces and thereby weaken the square on which your combinational attack is directed.
Mistake on page 162. Ilyin-Genevsky should be Ilyin-Zhenevsky
Mistake on page 165. Black: E.Bogolyubov should be Black: E.Bogoljubov
Mistake on page 166. Image is missing the black bishop on D6
Mistake on page 166. Be8!! Black should be Be8!! Black resigned
Mistake on page 174. Black: S.Tartakover should be Black: S.Tartakower
Mistake on page 179. 14 Rxf3 b4 should be 14 Rxf3 b6
Mistake on page 194. 19 c5 bxc5 should be 19 c5 dxc5
The terms "blockade", "attack", "centre", "flank", "blow" and others essentially differ in no way from the concept that is fixed for them in the very life and history of everyday language.
In chess there exists a concept called variation, which is a chain of moves logically linked together by a single plan.
A combination is a forced variation by means of which the initiator of it achieves a set aim.
combinational ideas: removal of a barrier ( obstacle) , blockading, pinning (pieces) , intercepting ( lines on which pieces are moving) , deflection of pieces from defensive functions, decoying of pieces to squares marked for attack
the downfall of a king, "smothered" by its own comrades.
In other conditions a locked-in position of the king is a plus, since it ensures safety. Thus a master never makes the moves h3 or g3 just for the sake of prophylaxis.
Mistake on page 53. 1 e4 e 5 2 f4 exf4 3 Be4 should be 1 e4 e 5 2 f4 exf4 3 "Bc4"
Mistake on page 58. White: C.Goring should be White: C.Goering
Mistake on page 67. Nimzovich-Tarrasch should be Nimzowitsch-Tarrasch
Mistake on page 77. Capablanca-Dus Chotimirsky should be Capablanca-Duz Khotimirsky
A list of combinational methods:
1 ) The method of enticement (pieces lured to an undefended square, the king - to a line where it can be checked)
2 ) The reverse of the first - the method of diversion (pieces diverted from defence of squares or lines intended as one of the objects of the double attack)
3 ) Demolition or removal of obstacles (doing away with enemy pieces and pawns with the aim of exposing the position of the king, opening of lines, weakening of squares)
the double attack of the pawn is given the graphic name of the "fork"
Mistake on page 86. Labourdonnais (France) and MacDonnell should be La Bourdonnais (France) and McDonnell
Mistake on page 89. Bogolyubov-Alekhine should be Bogoljubov-Alekhine
Mistake on page 90. Black is two rooks ahead should be White is two rooks ahead
Mistake on page 90. 51 Kf2 Kfl should be 51 Ke2 Kf7
Mistake on page 95. 1 e5 e5 should be 1 e4 e5
Nimzovich knew to perfection the elements of the positional struggle. He wrote deep es says on this theme (My System, My System in Practice, The Chess Blockade).
Mistake on page 97. Black: A.Nimzovich should be Black: A.Nimzowitsch
Mistake on page 101. Black: A.Nimzovich should be Black: A.Nimzowitsch
Mistake on page 107. Nolmann-Alekhine should be Nollmann-Alekhine
Mistake on page 108. White: V.Goglidse should be White: V.Goglidze
Mistake on page 115. 36 Nxg7 Qg3 should be 36 Nxg7 Qg3+
Mistake on page 116. White: G.Rotlevi should be White: G.Rotlewi
Mistake on page 125. White: A.Nimzovich should be White: A.Nimzowitsch
Torre-Lasker, in which White carried out a combination, dubbed "the mill" (scheme 5). This is a very striking illustration of the combinational harmony of rook and bishop.
Mistake on page 148. game with Nimzovich should be game with Nimzowitsch
Mistake on page 151. Image is missing the white bishop on G2
Mistake on page 153. Nimzovich-Leonhardt should be Nimzowitsch-Leonhardt
Mistake on page 155. On the image the black pawn on A7 should be on A6
Mistake on page 156. S.Freyman should be S.Freymann
The method of decoying a piece to a desired square and the method of diverting a piece from defence of a square, the method of restricting a piece by means of a pin
placing one's piece or pawn between the square interesting you and the location of the opponent's piece, you, as it were, cut or intercept the line of operation of the enemy pieces and thereby weaken the square on which your combinational attack is directed.
Mistake on page 162. Ilyin-Genevsky should be Ilyin-Zhenevsky
Mistake on page 165. Black: E.Bogolyubov should be Black: E.Bogoljubov
Mistake on page 166. Image is missing the black bishop on D6
Mistake on page 166. Be8!! Black should be Be8!! Black resigned
Mistake on page 174. Black: S.Tartakover should be Black: S.Tartakower
Mistake on page 179. 14 Rxf3 b4 should be 14 Rxf3 b6
Mistake on page 194. 19 c5 bxc5 should be 19 c5 dxc5
March 11, 2011
Long winded and not as good as Jeremy Silman's Reassess Your Chess.
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