Sacking the Citadel (gnv64)

Sacking the Citadel: The History, Theory and Practice of the Classic Bishop Sacrifice
By Jon Edwards
Russell Enterprises, Inc.| May 2011 | PDF | ISBN10: 1888690747 | 400 pages | 11 mb
Amazon Link : http://www.amazon.com/Sacking-Citadel-History-Practice-Sacrifice/dp/1888690747

Four hundred years ago, an Italian chess master, Gioachino Greco, discovered an extraordinary bishop sacrifice on h7 that often leads to checkmate or a significant material advantage. More amazing still, he recorded the idea! This book chronicles the history of that idea, what many have come to call the Classic Bishop sacrifice, from its discovery and formative years through its remarkably complex uses in modern chess. During the past century, several annotators have attempted to explain the circumstances under which the sacrifice works, and when it doesn't. Edwards reviews their efforts and, in a spectacular ninth chapter, provides a modern classification. His taxonomy of the sacrifice is comprehensive and full of pleasant surprises for beginners and even accomplished masters. This book represents a thematic approach to chess tactics and strategy. Careful readers will suddenly discover that they are able, quickly and accurately, to see 5-10 moves or more ahead in these lines. Here you will find hundreds of carefully annotated games. Learn from brilliant moves and strategies; and take full advantage of others instructive mistakes.

Table of Contents
Signs & Symbols 5
Foreword 7
Introduction 8
Part I: History
Chapter 1 - The Life & Times of Giaocchino Greco 13
Part II: Theory
Chapter 2 - "On Attacking the Castled King" 26
Chapter 3 - The Art of Chess Combination 30
Chapter 4 - The Art of Attack 36
Chapter 5 - Contemporary Theory 49
The Kg8 line 50
The Kg6 line 56
The Kh6 line 72
The Bxg5 line 78
The Qh8 line 84
The Qxg5 line 88
Part III: Practice
Chapter 6 - Games 94
Greco's Sacrifice, the Early Years 94
Greco's Sacrifice, through 1910 95
Greco's Sacrifice, 1911-1935 126
Greco's Sacrifice, 1936-1959 161
Greco's Sacrifice, 1960-2010 200
Chapter 7 - Greco's Quiz 361
Chapter 8 - Related Literature 381
Bibliography 387
Index of Openings 390
Index of Asset Combinations 392
Index of Players 394