Tables of Contents for Winning Chess

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Tables of Contents for Winning Chess

Chapter/Section Title

Page #

Page Count

PART ONE Far Away and Long Ago

4

12

The Merchant and the Arab

4

1

An Arab Position in Modern Times

5

1

Charlemagne's Queen

6

1

The Duel for the Queen

7

5

PART TWO Openings

12

14

A Dream Start

12

2

Legal's Mate, 1750

14

3

Played in Paris, 1923

17

4

Best Save the Queen

21

5

PART THREE The Fork

26

12

Knight Forks

26

2

Chess His Mother Tongue

28

1

J. R. Capablanca Plays the Fork

29

3

Capablanca's Knight Checkmate

32

2

Judith Polgar Plays the Fork

34

4

PART FOUR The Pin

38

9

Pinning

38

2

One Pin After Another

40

2

A Devastating Pin

42

5

PART FIVE Discovered Attack

47

15

Garry Kasparov

48

1

A Discovered Check

49

4

Nigel Short

53

1

A Discovered Attack

53

5

A Charousek Double Check and Mate

58

1

Nunn Plays a Discovered Attack

59

3

PART SIX The Skewer

62

9

Kasparov Skewer and Discovered Attack

65

6

PART SEVEN A Mating Race

71

10

King and Two Bishops Vs. King

71

10

PART EIGHT Improving Piece Play

81

12

The Bishop

81

4

The Rooks

85

2

The Queen

87

2

The Knight

89

3

The King

92

1

PART NINE The Endgame

93

21

Harry Pillsbury, an American Master

93

1

Pillsbury Plays the Endgame

94

14

Abe Yanofsky, a Canadian Prodigy

108

1

At Fourteen, Abe's Tight Corner

108

6

PART TEN A Game to End All

114

8

Rudolf Charousek

114

2

A Dazzling Finish

116

6

Solutions

122

1

Strategy Tips

123

2

Certificate

125

1

Index

126