{"product_id":"chessboard-combat-the-give-and-take-of-chess-tactics-9789493257832","title":"Chessboard Combat: The Give and Take of Chess Tactics","description":"\u003cp\u003eChess students love a Puzzle Rush. And solving tactics puzzles certainly helps you improve your pattern recognition and will help you find good moves in tournament games. But there is a downside to most tactics puzzles -- we always know who is supposed to win!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChess in real life is different, not just because no one taps us on the shoulder and tells us to look for a tactic. Sometimes tactics work, and sometimes they don't. Sometimes your opponent has a few tricks up their sleeve, too.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book shows the reality of chess tactics. It explores a chess player's challenges over the board: attack, defense, and counterattack! It exposes the actual give-and-take nature of chess tactics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmerican grandmaster Joel Benjamin, a three-time U.S. Champion, was inspired by the 20th-century classic Chess Traps, Pitfalls, and Swindles by legendary chess authors Fred Reinfeld and Israel Albert Horowitz. With modern examples, Benjamin arouses the same spirit of fun and enjoyment. With a generous amount of puzzles in quiz form, this manual will help chess students sharpen their tactical skills and be ready to strike - or counterstrike.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJoel Benjamin is an American grandmaster and a three-time U.S. Champion. He became the youngest-ever U.S. chess master at age 13, beating Bobby Fischer's record. Chessboard Combat is his fifth book for New In Chess. Benjamin graduated from Yale University with a major in history.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"New in Chess","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50498105213202,"sku":"9789493257832","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b17d6570-afee-465a-bf7a-01e051ba5f7c.jpg?v=1730727196","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/chessboard-combat-the-give-and-take-of-chess-tactics-9789493257832","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}