WAITZKIN'S

ATTACKING

^ C H E S S * AGGRESSIVE STRATEGIES AND

INSIDE MOVES FROM THE U.S. JUNIOR CHESS CHAMPION

JOSH WAITZKIN, I N T E R N A T I O N A L MASTER,

with Fred Waitzkin

A F I R E S I D E B O O K Published by Simon &. Schuster

NEW YORK LONDON TORONTO SYDNEY

For my family.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Waitzkin, Josh.

[Attacking chess] Josh Waitzkin's attacking chess : aggressive strategies and inside

moves from the U.S. Junior Champion / Josh Waitzkin with Fred Waitzkin.

p. cm. " A Fireside book." Includes index. 1. Chess. I. Waitzkin, Fred. n . Title.

GV1449.5.W35 1995 794.1'2-dc20 95-12178

CIP

ISBN 0-684-80250-3

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 8

INTRODUCTION 9

1 MATE 19

2 T H E FORK 35

3 PINS AND SKEWERS 42

4 DOUBLE THREAT 54

5 REMOVING T H E DEFENDER 62

6 DISCOVERY 68

7 BUST 76

8 PAWN STORMS A N D T H E

POWER OF T H E KAMIKAZE 83

9 QUEEN TRAPS 88

10 MINOR TRAPS 101

1 1 COURAGE 113

12 DON'T SETTLE FOR LESS 133

13 OPENING TRAPS 141

14 QUIET MOVES IN ATTACK 151

15 ZWISCHENZUG 159

16 T H E SEVENTH RANK A N D

T H E PIG 179

17 MATING NETS 187

18 SAC FOR MATE! 195

19 GRADUATE WORK 219 APPENDIX: ALGEBRAIC NOTATION 237 INDEX 240

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

My love and gratitude to my mother, who contributed her experience as a chess teacher and her clarity of ex­pression to this book. I am indebted to the efforts of John MacArthur, who spent long hours entering my early games into ChessBase, and to my friends Bruce Pandol-fini, Maurice Ashley, and Gregori Kaidanov, who scoured the manuscript for errors. Also, for the inspira­tion of Jack, Neal, and Kitty.

Thanks, Dad, for teaching me how to write.

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