Title Page
Key to symbols used
Publisher’s Foreword to the Second Edition
Preface
1 Attacking in the Benoni 7
Birbrager – Tal, USSR 1953 9
Gurgenidze – Tal, USSR Championship 1957 16
Namgilov – Psakhis, USSR 1977 21
Portnjagin – Psakhis, Krasnoyarsk 1977 33
Psakhis – Chatalbashev, Benasque 1996 40
2 Attacking with Hanging Pawns 47
Sokolsky − Botvinnik, USSR Championship 1938 49
Taimanov – Psakhis, Moscow 1981 59
3 IQP Positions: Attacking the King with Pieces 69
Stein – Petersons, USSR Championship 1964 72
Rodshtein – Kotanjian, Moscow 2008 78
Luther – Gheorghiu, Lenk 1999 85
Vaganian – Bronstein, USSR Championship, First League 1973 89
Semkov – Psakhis, Yerevan 1988 97
4 IQP Positions: Attacking with the h-pawn 105
Geller – Zamikhovsky, Ukrainian Championship 1958 107
Lalic – Stefanova, Dos Hermanas 2002 112
Banas – Navarovszky, Trencianske Teplice 1974 117
Baburin – Fokin, Gorky 1989 123
5 IQP Positions: Versus the c-pawn 131
Vaganian – Hübner, Tilburg 1983 133
Torrecillas Martinez – Psakhis, Andorra 2001 139
Guseinov – Psakhis, USSR Championship, First League 1988 144
6 Attack in the Sicilian Labyrinths 153
Tal – Polugaevsky, USSR Championship 1959 155
Nikitin – Tal, USSR Championship 1959 166
Psakhis – Cvitan, Hartberg 1991 173
Cardoso – Petrosian, Las Palmas 1975 183
Psakhis – Pritchett, Troon 1984 195
Psakhis – Arnason, Yurmala 1987 206
7 Attack in the Catacombs of the Caro-Kann 215
Tal – Gurgenidze, USSR Championship 1969 217
Tal – Simagin, USSR Championship 1956 223
Simagin – Petrosian, Moscow (4) 1956 236
Tal – Shamkovich, USSR Championship 1972 244
Tal – Vasiukov, USSR Championship 1964 248
Tal – Miles, Porz 1981 257
Tal – Filip, Moscow 1967 261
Tal – Speelman, Subotica 1987 269
Psakhis – Amador Rodriguez, Sochi 1988 273
8 Attacking in Rare and Non-Standard Openings 279
Psakhis – Vitolins, USSR Championship, First League 1979 281
Petrosian – Vasiukov, Moscow Championship 1956 291
Petrosian – Estrin, Moscow Team Championship 1968 299
Grigorian – Psakhis, USSR Championship, First League 1979 305