Winning Chess Combinations (Winning Chess - Everyman Chess) [Paperback]

Yasser Seirawan (Author)

Book Description

Series: Winning Chess - Everyman Chess | Publication Date: June 1, 2006

Combinations are the central element in chess; they make the game so magical and captivating. The beautiful point of sacrificing a queen, the strongest piece, in order to checkmate with a lowly pawn brings a smile of joy to all chess lovers. Virtually all chess games possess a combination, either one hidden in the shadows of analysis carefully avoided or one that provides a decisive blow.

Winning Chess Combinations is a unique work that doesn't merely repeat the wonderfully rich and vast numbers of combinations, asking readers to solve a particular diagrammed position; it is a work that is far more realistic. A combination involves a sacrifice upsetting the balance of forces, but will it work or tragically boomerang? The reader is invited to solve this critical question by identifying the advantages that a specific position holds which might make the combination successful.

Winning Chess Combinations is the seventh in Yasser Seirawan's highly acclaimed Winning Chess series - PROBABLY THE BEST-SELLING SERIES OF CHESS BOOKS EVER PUBLISHED.

Editorial Reviews

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"Seirawan loves chess and this radiates from the pages."
-- Chess Today

"Seirawan is the perfect guide for readers of all levels."
-- National Scholastic Chess Federation

"Seirawan and Silman combine vast knowledge of the game with an ability to impart the rudiments in a fun way."
-- British Chess Magazine

About the Author

Yasser Seirawan is one of the top-ranked chess players in the USA and was the first American candidate for the World Championship title since Bobby Fischer. He is a four-time US Champion, the 1989 Western Hemisphere Champion and a ten-time member of the US Chess Olympiad team. His acheivements distinguish him as one of only a handful of players to have defeated world champions Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov in tournament play.

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Everyman Chess; 1st edition (June 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1857444205
• ISBN-13: 978-1857444209
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.3 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #265,184 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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172 of 182 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Part of a good series, July 7, 2006

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This review is from: Winning Chess Combinations (Winning Chess - Everyman Chess) (Paperback)

The "Winning Chess Series" by Seirawan is one of the best series of books on chess. The "Winning Chess Combinations" book is more advanced than "Winning Chess Tactics" and "Winning Chess Traps for Juniors" so you should read these first and I personally liked them better. When you have advanced then getting this book is a good idea.

13 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Unexpected disappointment, January 11, 2007

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John Gustavson (Grand Junction, CO) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Winning Chess Combinations (Winning Chess - Everyman Chess) (Paperback)

After a series of informative, stimulating, and gratifying works on everything from openings to endgames, tactics to strategy, Seirawan blunders with this move. The text details a number of interesting games and examines the rationale and philosophy of play with each but the book provides a disappointing treatise on the topic of combinations, the ordained reason for the book's existence. The title and preface would lead the reader to expect an in-depth review of combinational ideas, examples of unique and inventive combinations, and the challenging puzzles and tests that have consistently garnished the author's prior works. This one, sadly, seems to be a hodgepodge of material thrown together as an afterthought in the endgame of what has otherwise been a brilliant match.

12 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Yaz's new book is golden!, June 29, 2006

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Kenneth Kaye (San Francisco, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Winning Chess Combinations (Winning Chess - Everyman Chess) (Paperback)

In his seventh, and final, book in his Winning Chess series GM Yasser Seirawan delivers one of his best in this very good series. In many ways this book is a follow up to his book on tactics, but taking it to a higher level. The focus is on pattern recognition and attacking ideas with many examples from recent GM games. I believe it works well as a bridge between his (or another basic) tactics book and a more advanced book like Vukovic's Art of Attack. I used his Tactics and Strategy books as the foundation for my chess study and am very pleased to add his new book to that list.