The Mammoth Book of the World's Greatest Chess Games .: New ednLittle, Brown Book Group, 2021 M08 5 - 816 pages Improve your chess by studying the greatest games of all time, from Adolf Anderssen's 'Immortal Game' to Magnus Carlsen's world championship victories, and featuring a foreword by five-times World Champion Vishy Anand. |
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... piece in view of 14 ♗xe7 overloading the c6-knight. ♘bd2 14 Anderssen brings his last minor piece into play and will now aim his pieces at Black's king, wherever it tries to hide. 14 ... ♗b7 Black has carried out the idea behind his ...
... pieces on the c-file. It's true that White could still advance in the centre later on, but with fewer pieces on the board, Black's defensive task would be greatly eased. As we shall see later on, the presence of white rooks is an ...
... piece up , while 22 ... Qxe7 gives White a pleasant choice of winning lines : 1 ) 23 b4 + 9e8 ( 23 ... do 24 de xb7 + y d7 25 žel + 2 d6 26 f7 + ) 24 Žel + 8 25 2e6 + safely wins the queen since White has two pieces covering el . 2 ) 23 ...
... pieces will be diverted from the defence of the king. Undoubtedly Pillsbury's great combination was already coming together in his mind at this stage – one would not give Lasker an extra passed a-pawn on a whim! ... ♘xd3 19...♘xb6? is ...
... pieces ready to defend his king . 23 9e7 ... 23 ... Reisez loses to 24 xf5 !. a b c d e f g h 8 ... pieces are too poorly placed to put up a decent defence to the mating threats ) 28 2g5 ! Rexb6 + 29 d4 Rb4 ( 29 ... d7 30 c5 ++ c7 31 ...
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The Mammoth Book of the World's Greatest Chess Games Graham Burgess,John Nunn,John Emms No preview available - 2010 |
The Mammoth Book of the World's Greatest Chess Games .: New edn Wesley So,Michael Adams,Graham Burgess,John Nunn,John Emms No preview available - 2021 |
The Mammoth Book of the World's Greatest Chess Games: New edn Graham Burgess,John Nunn,John Emms No preview available - 2010 |