Simon & Schuster - How to Think Ahead in Chess. The Methods and Techniques of Planning Your Entire Game - Israel Albert Horowitz and Fred Reinfeld.pdf

BOO K S B Y I. A. H 0 ROW I T Z Chess for Beginners World Chessmasters in Battle Royal (WITH HANS KMOCH) BOOKS BY FRED REINFELD The Treasury of Chess Lore The Immortal Games of Capablanca Winning Chess The Fireside Book of Chess (WITH IRVING CHERNEV) How TO THINK AHEAD IN CHE§§? The Methods and Techniques of Planning Your Entire Game BY I. A. HOROWITZ AND FRED REINFELD A FIRESIDE BOOK Published by Simon & Schuster New York London Toronto Sydney Tokyo Singapore 1951 1979 JUDITH ALL FIRESIDE PUBLISHED BY SIMON & SCHUSTER, INC. & 1230 10020 FIRESIDE AND COLOPHON ARE REGISTERED TRADEMARKS OF SIMON & SOfUSTER, INC. 0·671·21138·2 27 29 30 28 26 For Lee and Jack CONTENTS Introduction xi PART ONE Playing With the White Pieces: Stonewall Pattern 1 What Opening Shall I Play? 3 2 Stonewall Attack I 6 Demolition Sacrifice at KR7 3 Stonewall Attack II 28 Normal Position for White 4 Stonewall Attack m 32 Swooping Down on the Open King Bishop File 5 Queen's Gambit Declined 45 Black Evades the Stonewall Attack PART TWO Playing With the Black Pieces Against 1 P-K4 6 What Defense Shall I Play Against 1 P-K4 ? 51 7 Dragon Variation I 62 White Cannot Afford Indifferent Play 8 Dragon Variation II 72 Normal Position for Black vii Vlll CONTENTS 9 Dragon Variation TIl 77 Black Concludes With a Stunning Queen Sacrifice 10 Dragon Variation IV 87 Vigorous Counterattack 11 Dragon Variation v 103 White's Queen-side Castling Proves a Fiasco 12 Dragon Variation VI 119 Relentless Positional Pressure by Black PART THREE Playing With the Black Pieces Against 1 P-Q4 13 What Defense Shall I Play Against 1 P-Q4 ? 139 14 Lasker's Defense I 143 Simplification Leads to Freedom 15 Lasker's Defense II 158 Normal Position for Black 16 Lasker's Defense III 163 A Fatal Dilemma for White 17 Lasker's Defense IV 173 Battleground of Conflicting Theories 18 Lasker's Defense v 180 White's Last Attempt at Refutation CONTENTS IX PART FOUR How to Exploit Inferior Play by Your Opponent 19 What If My Opponent Do