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    //-->AMERICANCHESSARTSetsforth forplayers atalllevelsamarvelousaspectofchess;ar-tistic composition, specihcallythecompositionofthe endgame study.LongpopularinWestern Europe,theUSSRandSouthAmerica,chessarthasforthepast century beenunjustly ignoredinthe UnitedStates,althoughthere have beenanumberofverygiftedAmericancomposers,Walter Kornsetstherecord straight andopensupawhole newareaofenjoymentforchessenthusiasts.Afascinatingintellectual challetge,"agoodendgamestudyisaworkof art,withalltheconnotationsofbeauty,surprise, ingenuity(The Encyclopaedia ofChess.NewYork.1q70)andtechnique that that termimplies."Unlike aconventionalchessproblem,whichrequiresmateinadefinitenumberofmoves,theendgame study stipulatesa givenourcome(towin ortodraw)withoutastatednumberofmoves.Inthisitismorelikeanactualchessgame.Sinceitscomposition requires knowledgenot only ofbasic,butofcomplexendgametheory,itprovides avitallinkwith practicalchessplay.Theendgamestudyisgenerallybasedonaplanned idea,orcombinationofideas,involvingelementsofstrategy,difficulty,and beauty. Thereisonlyonesolution,and thesolver must discoverit.Inahistoricalprologue,WalterKornoutlines theeadiest begin-ningsofthe study, describing thecareersofsuchgreatcomposers asE.B.Cook(1830-1915),knownasthe "TheSageofHoboken,"whoallegedlygavehis nilme to thetefln"cooked"(withreferencetoa studythat isinva-lidbecauseithasmore than onesolution,ornosolutionat all),andSanrueltoyd (1841-1911), "ThePuzzleKing,"whosestyleKorndesoibesashumorous,spectacular, anddeceitfullyunexpected.Twohundred andfifty"portraits,"skillfullyannotated, coverthewhole rangeofendgamestudy.Thereaderisintroducedtosuch fascinat-ingstrategiesas"corkscrews,""star-flights,""ferriswheels,"and"SteepleChases,"andtO"leapfrOgknightS,""serpentinethemeS,"and"thechameleon echo."Footnotestranscribingeach studyintofigurative,algebraic nota-tionmake the volumedistinctively international.The bookasa whole rep-resents amajor culturalandhistorical contribution tochessliteraturebothhere and abroad.ABOUTTHEAUTHORWalterKOrnranks amongtheeldersofchessinallitsapplications. HeisFIDEInternationalJudgeforChessComposition,andhasbeen responsiblefor ModernChess Openingsforthe past 50 years.Fordecadeshe hasbeenthe endgamecolumnistfora numberofinternationally knownchessperiodicals andisthe authoroftheessay onchessinthethoroughly revised EncyclopaediaBritannicaIII',( 1974)',.WALTERKORNAN4ERNCANCHESSA]RT250PORTRAITSOFENDGAMESTUDY$\wrElgrrt,InrurprrutsDCopyright@1975and1995WalterKorn,SanMateo,CA.Allrightsreserved under PanAmericanandInternationalCopy-rightconventions.ISBN:0-87568-271-5No partofthispublication may bereproduced,storedinare-trievalSystem,ortransmittedinanyform,orbyanymeans: electronic,electrostatic, magnetictapes,mechanical photocopYing,recording,oroth-erwisewithout priorandcurrent permissionfrom theauthor.ThisisarevisedreprintofW.Korn,AmericanChessArt-250PortraitsofErtdgame Study,originallypublishedrn1975.Itisreprintedthroughanilrangementwiththerightsholder.Library ofCongressCataloginginPublication250 PORTRAITS OFENDGAME STUDY.AMERICANcHEssARr-Author: Walter KornCover: Elaine SmithFinalProoft Ken SmithPublisher:ChessDigest, Inc.@ 1601Tantor (P.O.Box59029)Dallas,Texas 75229forthe136pageNewChessGuide thatcatalogseverychess bookforgeneralsaleintheUnitedStates. Youaregivenpublishers,pagecounts,notationandcriticalreviews.AlsoincludedisafreeChess Improvement courseforbeginnersupthroughMasterlevelplayers.Theriareapproximately1300rrcwtitlesand 300out-of-printSend thepubtisher$3.00booksreviewedinthis catalog. [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]

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