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The Attacking Manual 2: Technique and Praxis
Attacking Manuals 1 & 2 comprise the first thorough examination of the nature of dynamics in chess, and the principles explained in this book are relevant to every chess game played. In lively no-nonsense language, Aagaard explains how the best players in the world attack. The rules of attack (the exploitation of a dynamic advantage) are explained in an accessible and entertaining style. This groundbreaking work is well balanced between easily understandable examples, exercises and deep analysis.
Volume 2 covers what to do once the attack is up and running, and deals with weak kings, intuitive sacrifices, opposite castling, king hunts, and enduring initiative
Volume 2 covers what to do once the attack is up and running, and deals with weak kings, intuitive sacrifices, opposite castling, king hunts, and enduring initiative
- GenresChess
464 pages, Paperback
First published July 30, 2008
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February 12, 2017
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Aagaard wrote these two attacking manuals over a period of 8 years. Chess annotation books are an interesting form of literature and the best annotators are poetic.
In talking about strong players playing questionable moves,
He wrote : Obviously those strong players had other ideas and somehow they did not work out but we should not overestimate the human ability or underestimate just how difficult chess is. We need all the help we can get to play this game just on a decent level.
In these days of computers, he has interesting things to say aboutf picking moves and not blindly accepting computer analysis.
Great curation of games
My review of the first book found here. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
you can follow some of the games in this chessgames.com collection I created http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessc...
Aagaard wrote these two attacking manuals over a period of 8 years. Chess annotation books are an interesting form of literature and the best annotators are poetic.
In talking about strong players playing questionable moves,
He wrote : Obviously those strong players had other ideas and somehow they did not work out but we should not overestimate the human ability or underestimate just how difficult chess is. We need all the help we can get to play this game just on a decent level.
In these days of computers, he has interesting things to say aboutf picking moves and not blindly accepting computer analysis.
Great curation of games
My review of the first book found here. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
you can follow some of the games in this chessgames.com collection I created http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessc...
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