Now available: The Best Combinations of the World Champions – Volume 1: From Steinitz to Tal.

Since every world champion was the most outstanding player of his time, it makes sense to study the various aspects of the royal game using the world champions’ games – and of course to enjoy them!

In this first of two volumes on the world champions’ art of combination, Karsten Müller and Jerzy Konikowski offer you the opportunity of trying to find plenty of these best combinations yourself – and thus to assess and improve your own tactical skills.

But that’s not all. In addition to these often breathtakingly spectacular games, which are thoroughly analyzed and commented on in a comprehensible way, individual pet topics are highlighted in which the world champions have created particularly outstanding works.

Take a closer look at:
♚ how Steinitz handled the 'Steinitz King’
♚ Lasker’s phenomenal art of defense
♚ Capablanca’s mastery of 'petite combinaison’ (small combinations)
♚ Alekhine’s dashing attacks
♚ Euwe’s seventh sense for dynamic transformations
♚ Botvinnik’s tactical solutions to strategic problems
♚ Smyslov’s virtuosity even in tactical endgames
♚ Tal’s downright magical tactical works of art

Just like in the Best Endgames of the World Champions series, you can use the QR codes that are placed next to the diagrams to replay the games on your device while reading the physical book.

Please have a look at this rich collection of World Champion combinations. Volume 1 contains 260 combinations and many fully annotated sample games. Do check out the 18 sample pages in the shop to get a good feel of the book.

Best wishes,Sebastiaan Smits
New In Chess