Winning Chess Tactics: Fully revised and updated

This is the second in Seirawan's four volumes, taking the reader from the very basics of chess through appreciation of advanced play. He does a remarkable job of discussing tactics that usually appear only in books for advanced players and communicating them to anyone with a grasp of playing fundamentals. The first part of the book deals with basic tactics and how they can be used individually and in combination. In the second part, Seirawan introduces some of the great chess tacticians and their games, further illustrating tactics as they work out in real-life play. Introduction part 1 Tactics and Combinations Chapter One Definitions Chapter Two The Double Attack Chapter Three The Pin Chapter Four The Skewer Chapter Five King Tactics and Combinations Chapter Six Deflection Chapter Seven Battery on an Open File or Diagonal Chapter Eight The Power of Pawns Chapter Nine The Decoy Chapter Ten Clearance Sacrifice Chapter Eleven X-Rays and Windmills Chapter Twelve Zwischenzug Chapter Thirteen Other Kinds of Draws PART 2 Great Tacticians And Their Games Chapter Fourteen Adolf Anderssen (1818–1879 Chapter Fifteen Paul Morphy (1837–1884) Chapter Sixteen Rudolf Spielmann (1883–1942) Chapter Seventeen Frank Marshall (1877–1944) Chapter Eighteen Alexander Alekhine (1892–1946) Chapter Nineteen Mikhail Tal (1936–1992) Chapter Twenty Garry Kasparov (1963–) part 3 More Tests And Solutions Chapter Twenty-One Basic Tactics Chapter Twenty-Two Advanced Combinations Chapter Twenty-Three Professional Combinations Chapter Twenty-Four Solutions to Tests from Part 1 Glossary Solution