Attacking Chess

Chapter 2: Unjustified Attacks

Most books on attacking play are collections of attacks that succeeded. That is natural, and also a little misleading, because in real games plenty of...

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Contents

1 Introduction

2 Chapter 1: Indicators for Attacking

2.1 Signals for an Attack

2.2 Example Game: Polgar - Karpov

2.3 Example Game: Ernst-Miedema

2.4 Space advantage

2.5 Example Game: Valenu-Korhonen

3 Chapter 2: Unjustified Attacks

3.1 When the attack is simply not justified

3.2 Example Game: Karaivanova-Pegaiu

3.3 Example Game: Csom-Korchnoi

3.4 Example Game: Kasparov-Gulko

3.5 Example Game: Bosboom-Ernst

4 Chapter 3: Increasing Pressure vs. Brute Force

4.1 Increasing pressure vs Brute force

4.2 Example Game: Smyslov-Spassky

4.3 Example Game: Galperin-Ernst

4.4 Example Game: Van Foreest-Giri

5 Chapter 4: Bringing the Pieces

5.1 How many attackers are enough?

5.2 Example Game: Petrosian-Smyslov

5.3 Example Game: Navara-Timman

5.4 Example Game: Van Foreest-Ernst

5.5 Example Game: Stukopin - Ernst

6 Chapter 5: Prophylaxis in Attack

6.1 Prophylaxis in attack

6.2 Example: What is your opponent threatening?

6.3 Example Game: Spassky-Petrosian

6.4 Example Game: Simagin-Abramson

6.5 Example Game: Ernst-Parligras

7 Chapter 6: Attacking on the Flank

7.1 Central control

7.2 Example Game: Carlsen-Wang Hao

7.3 Example Game: Otto-Feys

7.4 Example Game: Smeets-Wendt

7.5 Example Game: Mitkov-Sutovsky

7.6 Example Game: Carlsen-Ivanchuk

7.7 Example Game: Fedoseev-Bocharov

7.8 Example Game: Botvinnik-Zagoriansky

8 Chapter 7: Attacking from a Bad Position

8.1 Attacking from a bad position

8.2 Example Game: Larsen-Van Scheltinga

8.3 Example Game: Carlsen-Topalov

8.4 Example Game: Ernst-Mamedov

8.5 Example Game: Ernst-Kovalenko

9 Exercises 1-20

9.1 Exercise 1

9.2 Exercise 2

9.3 Exercise 3

9.4 Exercise 4

9.5 Exercise 5

9.6 Exercise 6

9.7 Exercise 7

9.8 Exercise 8

9.9 Exercise 9

9.10 Exercise 10

9.11 Exercise 11

9.12 Exercise 12

9.13 Exercise 13

9.14 Exercise 14

9.15 Exercise 15

9.16 Exercise 16

9.17 Exercise 17

9.18 Exercise 18

9.19 Exercise 19

9.20 Exercise 20

10 Exercises 21-35

10.1 Exercise 21

10.2 Exercise 22

10.3 Exercise 23

10.4 Exercise 24

10.5 Exercise 25

10.6 Exercise 26

10.7 Exercise 27

10.8 Exercise 28

10.9 Exercise 29

10.10 Exercise 30

10.11 Exercise 31

10.12 Exercise 32

10.13 Exercise 33

10.14 Exercise 34

10.15 Exercise 35