Encyclopedia of Chess Combinations 5a edizione

Enciclopedia delle combinazioni scacchistiche

Questo libro offre allo scacchista una selezione delle più importanti e significative combinazioni in più di 200 anni di scacchi. Nuova edizione con 84 pagine in più!

La fruizione tramite i gruppi di combinazioni rende l`opera di facile consultazione. Il giocatore potrà infatti cimentarsi nelle soluzioni sfogliando il libro dall`inizio alla fine oppure aprendolo a caso. Le soluzioni, così come l`indice dei giocatori si trovano alla fine così da non ``disturbare`` durante la consultazione.

E` un libro che offre mesi o anni di divertimento e studio con le migliori combinazioni della storia degli scacchi!

For ECC5 we are going back to our roots. In addition to the themes re-introduced in the 4^th edition, in the 5^th edition of the series the positions are now graded according to playing strength – basic, intermediate and advanced – just like it used to be in the well-known ‘white classic’, the 1^st edition of Encyclopedia of Middlegames: Combinations, published in 1980.

Basic? Well, not quite. Perhaps we should say there is nothing too basic here. Even the starting level is challenging. In fact trying to solve some of the examples might drive you to despair! To be sure, throughout the Internet you will find a vast ocean of disordered, simplified tactics – but let others fool around and have quick and easy fun. For you, on the other hand, ECC5 is the ultimate educational tool with systematic, carefully selected pro-level content. Oh yes, the fun is still there, only on a completely different scale. Imagine the thrill you will get after solving – and surviving! – the Chess Riddle of the Sphinx.

The book contains 3,001 classified and annotated combinations from all-time tournament practice. It will be appreciated by anyone who wants to raise their level of play or who wants their students to be fully primed for competitive tournament chess.

Compared with the 4^th edition there is approximately 5% new material, although with its new internal structure the book looks quite different. Nevertheless we do not think that readers who already own ECC4 need to acquire the 5^th edition, since their book (proven bestseller!) contains all the essential features and has maintained its fine reputation. 

For all those who are thinking of acquiring the Encyclopedia for the first time, let’s just say that ECC5 is the standard work on the art of combinational chess. It is designed to offer infinite pleasure for chess enthusiasts or training for would-be-grandmasters. Or both!

By Josip Asik, CEO of Chess informant

Total of 3,001 all-time best and annotated combinations, Hardcover, 656 pages

Structured into 10 Themes and three new strenght sub-levels: Basic, Intermediate and Advanced.

 Following the path of:

4^th edition: Encyclopedia of Chess Combinations (2012), 3^rd edition: Anthology of Chess Combinations (2005), 2^nd edition: Anthology of Chess Combinations (1995), 1^st edition: Encyclopaedia of Chess Middlegames – Combinations (1980)

 Themes

a. Annihilation of defence : Basic | Intermediate | Advanced
b. Blockade : Basic | Intermediate | Advanced
c. Clearance : Basic | Intermediate | Advanced 
d. Deflection : Basic | Intermediate | Advanced 
e. Discovered attack : Basic | Intermediate | Advanced 
f. Pinning : Basic | Intermediate | Advanced 
g. Demolition of pawn structure : Basic | Intermediate | Advanced 
h. Decoy : Basic | Intermediate | Advanced 
i. Interference : Basic | Intermediate | Advanced 
j. Double attack : Basic | Intermediate | Advanced

• Casa editrice Chess Informant
• Codice 2180
• Anno 2015
• Pagine p. 656
• Isbn 9788672970746