The art of checkmate. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Uniform Title: Art de faire mat.
• Further Information: Note: Georges Renaud and Victor Kahn ; new translation by Jimmy Adams.
• Other Names: Renaud, Georges; Kahn, Victor; Adams, Jimmy translator.; Renaud, Georges
• Contents: Cover; Title; Contents; Translator's Foreword; Introduction; Part One: Picturesque Mates; 1. Légal's Pseudo-Sacrifice; 2. The Power of the Double Check; 3. The Smothered Mate; 4. The Guéridon and Epaulettes Mates; 5. The Calabrian Sacrifice; 6. Exercises; Part Two: Typical Mates; 1. The Corridor Mate (No. 1); 2. Variation of the Corridor Mate (No. 2); 3. Greco's Mate (No. 3); 4. Mate No. 4; 5. Anastasia's Mate (No. 5); 6. Boden's Mate (No. 6); 7. Blackburne's Mate (No. 7); 8. Exercises; 9. Mate No. 8 and Lolli's Mate; 10. Mate No. 9; 11. Anderssen's Mate (Continuation of No. 9). 12. Mate No. 10 and Pillsbury's Mate13. Exercises; 14. Damiano's Mates (Nos. 11. 12 and 13); 15. Morphy's Mates (Nos. 14, 15, 16); 16. Exercises; 17. Mates with Major Pieces (Nos. 17 and 18); 18. Mate with Minor Pieces (No. 19); 19. Mate of the Two Bishops (No. 20); 20. Mate of the Two Knights (No. 21); 21. Another Bishop and Knight Mate (No. 22); 22. Arabian Mate (No. 23); 23. Pay Attention to the Ranks!; 24. Exercises; 25. In Search of a Typical Mate; 26. Solutions to Exercises; Copyright.
• Publisher Details: London : Batsford
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 794.1/24; Chess -- End games; Checkmate (Chess); Échecs (Jeu) -- Fins de partie; Échec et mat; Checkmate (Chess); Chess -- End games
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781849942966
• Related ISBNs: 184994296X
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