Chess combinations. World champions. Volume 1. Kalinin A.V., Guliev S., Annakov B.

The combination is an integral element of the chess struggle. According to the teachings of V. Steinitsa, it is the result of the positional game, and in the figurative expression of S. Tartakover, it personifies the triumph of the spirit over matter. Since time immemorial, many combination motives implemented in sketches and various artificial positions, but the most subtle and deep ideas, according to EM. Lasker, “gives us only a practical party, just as the greatest creations are created not by artists, but by nature...”

The best examples of combination creativity from the practice of the first nine official champions of the world are collected. The presented tactical techniques differ markedly in their structure. Here are the witty attacks by V. Steinitsa, and the beautiful victims of EM. Laskera, the famous “Small Combinations” by X. R. Kapablanki, cunning plans of M. Ave and multi -way fireworks A. Alekhin and M. Tal I. They also loved to combine large chess strategists M. Botvinnik and T. Petrosyan. Mikhail Moiseevich all his life was proud of his magnificent combination from the party with a capablanca, and Tigran Vartanovich invented such a “branded dish” as a victim of quality out of the blue. I always considered the combination not only as an effective means of struggle, but also as an expression of harmony in chess art, therefore, throughout the career, I was engaged in the compilation of sketches, the total number of which at this point was a hundred.

The book represents a good textbook and useful for improving young chess players.