100 Awesome Chess Moves

Eric Schiller is a masterful chess player and a prolific author of books for chess enthusiasts. In 100 Awesome Chess Moves, Schiller has assembled a brilliant collection of strategy and tactical ides drawn from real-life tournaments. These are moves of stunning originality and would enhance the game playing skill level of any reader. Through game positions and examples even the most novice of players will learn about the deep positional understanding and bold tactics of master chess play -- not just how to reach for the best move, but execute the truly inspired move. If you only have time to read one book on improving your chess play, make it Eric Schiller's 100 Awesome Chess Moves!

This is an interesting interpretation of the familiar chess puzzle book: Schiller has chosen one instructive and illuminating chess problem from each year of the 20th century. The problems are more than just your tired "brilliant" examples of forced moves and queen sacrifices - they're examples of chess themes such as maintaining the initiative, converting a winning position into a won game, as well as illustrations of tactical motifs like pins, forks, etc. Some of the positions: 1949 Levenfish-Smyslov ("Smashing Finish"), 1934 Euwe-Thomas ("Prepared Brilliancy), 1999 Kasparov-Topalov. Worth taking a look at, this book will definitely entertain you and may even improve your game.