Queen Sacrifice

by Iakov Neishtadt and Yakov Neishtadt

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0080371582
• ISBN13: 9780080371580
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Cadogan Books
• Length: 255 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Much instructional value!

This is not just a gimmicky book of queen sacs. Rather, it is an in-depth look at the nature of sacrifices yourself. There are over 400 examples disected in this book. If your chess needs a shor in the arm, Neishtadt is a great writer and this is a great book. I enjoy this book a great deal.

Instructive and Historical

I found a paperback of this at a used book store and decided to buy it because i got such a great deal on it. I've also enjoyed many of the Pergamon Chess series books from the early 1990's period. Always an interesting read, these books are some of the most enjoyable i've come acorss. This book goes into many historical games and analytical exercises as early as the manuscripts of the late 15th century to the late 18th century (Lucena, Damiano, Greco, Del Rio, Ponziani) and many famous games from such figures as Alekhine, Benko, Blackburne, Capablanca, Chigorin, Euwe, Fischer, Karpov, Kasparov, Keres, La Bourdonnais, Lasker, Morphy, Najdorf, Petroff, Petrosian, Pillsbury, Reti, Samisch, Smyslov, Spassky, Steinitz, Tal, Tarrasch, Tartakower, Torre, Uhlmann and Zukertort.The Aim of the Sacrifice, In the Opening-Middlegame-Endgame, Not Just a Queen, The Path to the Goal, Logical Outcome or Chance Happening, Calculation and Evaluation, Positional Sacrifice and Classical Heritage are the main themes discussed with many sub-themes. There's also a test chapter at the end called It's Your Move.Pretty nice book and always good to go back to if you feel your game needs some slight tweaking.