You would be better served working on the basics:
Following opening principles.
Tactics.
Not dropping pieces.
Not missing simple tactics.
Chess ATTACKING books
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IMBacon , thanks for your comment, but i would also like to increase my knowledge on attacking chess.
I think attacking chess is important for a growing chess player , gaining this knowledge is more important to progress.
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velvan123 wrote:
I think attacking chess is important for a growing chess player , gaining this knowledge is more important to progress.
Attacking is tactics. It will not matter how many books you read on attacking, if you keep dropping pieces, missing simple tacitcs, and not following opening princoiples.
Books (in addition to the OP's list):
The Art of Attack in Chess by Vukovic
5334 Chess Problems by L. Polgar (600 miniature games with attacks on the castled king focusing on the target square f2/f7, g2/g7, h2/h7, f3/f6, g3/g6, and h3/h6)
Winning Chess Combinations by Seirawan
Prepare to Attack by Gary Lane
Attacking Manuals I and II by Aagard
Logical Chess Move by Move by Chernev features a number of games based on their instructiveness in the attack .
Those suggestions aside, I agree with Bacon ... I wasted a lot of time reading these books when I should have worked on basics of positional play and drilling mates, captures, and pawn promotions in 4 moves or less.
The Art of Attack in Chess by Vukovic
5334 Chess Problems by L. Polgar (600 miniature games with attacks on the castled king focusing on the target square f2/f7, g2/g7, h2/h7, f3/f6, g3/g6, and h3/h6)
Winning Chess Combinations by Seirawan
Prepare to Attack by Gary Lane
Attacking Manuals I and II by Aagard
Logical Chess Move by Move by Chernev features a number of games based on their instructiveness in the attack .
Those suggestions aside, I agree with Bacon ... I wasted a lot of time reading these books when I should have worked on basics of positional play and drilling mates, captures, and pawn promotions in 4 moves or less.
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IM Bacon , I totally get your point Dropping your pieces,missing tactics will loose your game immediately but just looking for Dropping pieces and missing tactics is not playing chess there are many other elements like attacking ,defending, calculation ,visualisation,planning and strategy are needed to be developed in chess learning
Just looking for tactics and loose pieces is not fun, you need to create plans and need to learn the other important topics of chess , i think Strategy and opening principle (a particular openings
strategy ) can be learned after Attacking chess because attacking chess is related to tactics.Attacking chess can help you to even beat a stronger player.
DannyHume, thanks for your reply and suggesting 5334 chess problems ,and i have heard about Aagard attacking manuals 1 and 2 i think they are to advanced for my level i hope a 1800 or a 1900 rated player will understand this book more than i do
UtrechtRose , thanks for your perfect suggestion on Art of Checkmate and Mating the castled king . these other books where suggested by amazon for attacking the king search , i have no idea about these books too and they where cheaper.
Vukovic's "Art of Attack" is a little advance for me and so does Aagard attacking manuals 1 and 2 may be will purchase it after i complete these two books , once again thanks for your answer
Another book that is far more basic:
Tips for Young Players by Matthew Sadler.
He has a chapter on Middlegame general principles, Middlegame Attacking, and Middlegame Positional Play, as well as Opening Principles, but overall it is a small book, so there won't be as much content as the other books.
Tips for Young Players by Matthew Sadler.
He has a chapter on Middlegame general principles, Middlegame Attacking, and Middlegame Positional Play, as well as Opening Principles, but overall it is a small book, so there won't be as much content as the other books.
velvan123 wrote:
good game
IMBacon , thanks for your comment, but i would also like to increase my knowledge on attacking chess.
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This is an example of what i was talking about. When you're not grasping the basics like opening principles, simple tactics, making sure your pieces are safe, studying how to attack isn't going to solve what you should be working on.
Attacking Chess for Club Players by Herman Grooten is what I think ulfhednar is referring to... forgot about that one.
Simple Attacking Plans by Fred Wilson (2012)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708090402/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review874.pdf
http://dev.jeremysilman.com/shop/pc/Simple-Attacking-Plans-77p3731.htm
Logical Chess: Move by Move by Irving Chernev (1957)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708104437/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/logichess.pdf
I would recommed Study chess with mikhail tal. Tal was the greatest attacking player of all time and this book presents his games in a systematical way.
The Vukovic, Aagaard and Grooten books, while certainly good, are probably relatively advanced for lower rated players. More appropriate would be some of the other books mentioned such as those by Wilson, Chernev, Renaud, Walker etc...
Also...
"The Winning Way" by Bruce Pandolfini is a good book to expose beginner-novice players to attacking ideas and plans right out of the opening...
https://www.amazon.com/Winning-Way-Opening-Strategems-Fireside/dp/0684839490/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1499297763&sr=8-1&keywords=the+winning+way+pandolfini
This discussion might also be of interest to the OP...
https://www.chess.com/forum/view/chess-equipment/tactical-book
hi , I am an 1400 rated player in chess.com , i like to increase my attacking skills and would like to buy some books on this topic .I have selected a few books but iam not sure in what order should i purchase . your suggestion in helping with the book order or any other book of your suggestion will be more helpfull.
Art of Checkmate: Georges Renaud (Author), Victor Kahn (Author)
Simple Attacking Plans by Fred Wilson
Mating the Castled King by Danny Gormally
Attacking the King Paperback by J.N. Walker
Who Dares Wins!: Attacking the King on Opposite Sides Paperback by Lorin D'Costa
Thanks in advance for your replies