The Attacking Manual: Basic Principles

✍ Scribed by Jacob Aagaard

• Publisher: Quality Chess
• Year: 2008
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 263
• Edition: 2nd Revised edition
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

British Champion Jacob Aagaard explains the rules of attack (the exploitation of a dynamic advantage) in an accessible and entertaining style. This groundbreaking work is well balanced between easily understandable examples, exercises and deep analysis. Five years in the making, this book will surely not disappoint. Volume I deals with bringing all the pieces into the action, momentum, colour schemes, strongest and weakest points, evolution/revolution. This is the first thorough examination of the nature of dynamics in chess. The principles in this book are universal and relevant in every chess game played. This book contains great attacking chess. In lively no-nonsense language, Aagaard explains how the best chess players in the world attack.