notyetagm: White to play: 32 ?
 click for larger viewHow does White (Petrosian) win from this position in just four(!) more moves? Simple: <PETROSIAN EVALUATES HIS FORCING MOVES LIKE A COMPUTER>. He analyzes the <FORCED CHECKING SEQUENCE> 32 ♖d1x♖d8+ ♔e8x♖d8 33 ♕f4-b8+ ♕c5-c8 34 ♕b8x♕c8+ ♔d8x♕c8, which is shown below.  click for larger viewWhat does Petrosian see? He sees that these <FORCING MOVES> have dragged the Black e8-king away from the advanced and -very- dangerous White f6-pawn. The result of this <FORCING PLAY>? Petrosian now has an instant win with 35 ♗b3xe6+!, as I discussed above.  click for larger viewNote how simple the win was to find by simply looking at -the- most <FORCING> line of play! :-) I am harping on this idea of <FORCING MOVES> right now because I saw that NEW IN CHESS is going to publish a tactics puzzle book on this idea in March 2008. This book is called <"Forcing Chess Moves"> by the American Master Charles Hertan; details are available at http://www.newinchess.com/Shop/Prod.... <Our Price: $ 28.95
Publisher: New In Chess, 2008
Edition: Paperback medium
ISBN: 978-90-5691-243-7
Pages: 360
Language: English
Summary:
This is a radically different approach, aimed at finding the winning move more consistently. The basis is simple: always analyze the most forcing moves first. The failure to consider key options is often due to ‘human bias’. In achieving chess mastery, the single most important task is to overcome that human bias (and staleness) by studying forcing sequences first. This book teaches how to develop an eye for the TYPES of forcing moves you tend to overlook, and how to use ‘COMPUTER EYES’ to improve your tactical vision! On the Author:
Charles Hertan is an American Master of Chess, and has been teaching chess for 28 years. - a really new method in finding strong chess moves
- endorsed by former US Champion Joel Benjamin
- helps to develop precision in move calculation
- improves ‘board sight’ of casual players
- completely new training material (no rehash of same old ‘classic’ examples)
- written by an experienced chess coach
- timeless training instruction, does not outdate
- ideal for club and internet chess players> |