Power mates : essential checkmating strategies and techniques

308 Pages·1996·4.227 MB·English

by  Pandolfini, Bruce

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Introduction 11
Howt oR eaCdh esMso veisn A lgebraic
Notation 15
PoweGra me1s- 70 19
Answers 299
ECOC odeasn dD escripOtpievnien Ignsd ex 309
Index 313
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12 B R U C EP A ND O L F I NI
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P O W ER M AT E S 13
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16 B R U C EP AN DO L F I N I
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BLACK
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Other Symbols
You shoualldsf moai laryiozuerw sietlthfh felo lowing
symlbso:
SymboMle aning
K king
Q queen
R rook
B bishop
N knight
P paw(nn uots eidna lgebraic notation)
movetso
captures
x
+ check
# checkmate