The Modern Chess Sacrifice, Leonid Shamkovich (Hardcover, 1978)

Description: The Modern Chess SacrificeWith a treatise on the theory of sacrifice, and a classification of sacrifices by type.Leonid ShamkovichHardcover, 1978From the Front Flap:The Modern Chess Sacrifice is the first book to offer a detailed classification of sacrificesin the opening and middle games, with examples from actual contemporary Master play:• True Sacrifices• Sacrifice of Pursuit (and the psychologyof the sacrifice)• Developing Sacrifice (NP Hunting andothers)• Preventive Sacrifice (the Explosive Sac-rifice, among others)• Retarding Sacrifice (the Pawn Wedge,the Complex Sacrifice, and more)• Strategic Sacrifice (for example, De-formation of the Pawn Chain)• And moreThe book-with the special feature of the first modern treatise on the theory of sacrifice--is an important and long-awaited complement to Spielmann's The Art of Sacrifice in Chess.International Chess Grandmaster Leonid Shamkovich has recently emigrated to theUnited States from the Soviet Union. He now lives in New York City and is a con-tributing editor to Chess Life & Review Magazine.~~The dust jacket is very worn, with innumerable creases, scratches, scuffs and is very edge worn, with chipped edges, scuffs and several small tears. The inside surface and the print side of the flaps have foxing (oxidized spotting) and tanning. The covers have several bumps, particularly at the spine top and bottom, along with scratches and some discoloration. The endpapers are tanned and also have foxing, as well as the text block. Unmarked with a good, sound binding. Please see photos and message with questions.

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