World Champion Chess Tactics - VOLUME 1

Anderssen & Morphy Queen Sacrifices

World Champion Chess Tactics - VOLUME 1
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World Champion Chess Tactics: Anderssen & Morphy QUEEN SACRIFICES is the first of a series that examines in chronological order the brilliant Queen Sacrifices of the World Champions and their contemporaries. This instructional series was created to enhance appreciation of the truly great players in chess history and to learn their most brilliant tactical techniques. The Queen Sacrifice is the ultimate of all combinations, examined with the use of 423 diagrams.

In World Champion Chess Tactics! Volume 1, International Grandmaster Ron W. Henley shows you how Q sacrifices played a role in crucial victories in his own career. He then takes you through the Q sacrifice highlights of the careers of Adolf Anderssen and the brilliant First Unofficial World Champion Paul Morphy. The final section contains 100 Q sacrifice exercises and solution. This section is a review and opportunity to enhance your own ability for spotting brilliant Q sacrifice opportunities in your own games. With this easy to read, yet powerfully instructive guide, the reader can quickly improve their own tactical play and win chess games!

About the Author(s)

Ron W. Henley earned the FIDE International Grandmaster title at the Madame Suharto Cup in Indonesia in 1982. He has also won events in Colombia, Mexico and Switzerland. He is the author of numerous award-winning books and producer of over sixty chess videos. Throughout the 1990's Mr. Henley was Chief Trainer to the Twelfth World Champion Anatoly Karpov for nine matches. In 1996 he coached the US Team at the World Youth Championships in Cannes, France. He also sponsored and trained US Women's Champion Irina Krush and US Champion Hikaru Nakamura early in their brilliant careers.

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