40) LESSONS for the CLUB PLAYER ALEKSANDER KOSTYEV TAT er-] Pe eee eect | Padslomreaab al asked eeliremnraaaad concentrates on the challenges of practical play. Its ideally suited for the club and tournament player who has reached a certain standard and wishes to improve his or her game.The material is equally suitable forthe curriculum of a chess course run by a strong player or for selfinstruction, A number of complete games illustrate important opening and middlegame themes, while great attention is paid to the basic endgame positions that should be essential knowledge for anyone aspiring to “master class: The teaching methods encapsulated in this book were responsible fort ‘enormous growth in Russian chess and for the string of top players who have dominated the world scene for many years This work is designed to be used by players with ratings between 140 and Cea arm ates Cee oye eee es Ree Cee nee ey Other chess books from Batsford include: eat Pa er od cles Cre) ee a cee eee ey ees aor ee eat Bred | ll | ° 5 Ee rere a 807 13145;40 Lessons for the Club Player ALEKSANDER KOSTYEV Translated by Ken Neat B.T.Batsford Ltd, LondonFirst published 1986 Reprinted 1990, 1999 Aleksander Kostyev 1986 ISBN 071345281 1 (limp) Photoset by Andek Printing, London and printed in Great Britain by Creative Print and Design (Wales), Ebbw Vale, Wales for the publishers ‘B.T-Batsford Ltd, 583 Fulham Road, London SW6 SBY ABATSFORD CHESS BOOK Advisors: Raymond Keene OBE, Mark Dvoretsky, Jon Speciman, Daniel King General Manager: Nigel Davies Contents LESSON 1 CChaturanga and shatranj When the king has not castled Can a schoolboy win against a grandmaster? LESSON 2 ‘An assertion by shatranj theorists The ‘double mujannah’ How to prepare an attack LESSON 3 ‘The confession of Caliph al-Ma'amun ‘The penetration of chess to Europe ‘The classic bishop sacrifice at h7 LESSON 4 When the kings have castled on the short side LESSON $ ‘The first chess treatises Damiano’s advice - is it obsolete? When both players have castled long LESSON 6 The books by Ruy Lopez and Giulio Polerio Storming the king's fortress Eight concluding blows 4 2 27