Secrets of Attacking Chess

by Mihail Marin

In his previous work, Secrets of Chess Defence , Mihail Marin examined the task facing the defender. Now he considers the other side of the coin. In this wide-ranging treatise, he discusses many topics the balance between attack and defence; the premises for starting a successful attack; advantage in development; intuitive sacrifices; typical scenarios. The book features many practical examples from top-level play.

Genres: Chess

191 pages, Paperback

First published July 30, 2005

Reviews

[Steven]

Plenty of deep analysis of games, but I didn't find this be all that useful when it comes to learning attacking plans.

[TheF7Pawn]

Disappointed again. Although Marin excels at providing deep analysis of the games under review, his annotations often have little to do with either the chapter he's in or indeed the book itself. Having read this and Learn from the Legends (overrated) I've come to the conclusion that he compiles analyses, slaps them between a cover and comes up with the title of the book last. At times he can't control himself and comes up with fantasy positions and "what ifs" that are so far removed from the main line as to be useless. So, if you're interested in variation-heavy analysis, he's for you. If you want to see more thematic analysis with more prose than concrete variations, choose Neil MacDonald.