Contents Introduction Algebraic Notation Using Puzzles to Improve
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100 Chess Puzzles Queen & Bishop Line-Up 1) Picking Off the Pieces 2) The Classic Fork with Ëe4 3) The Two-Move Knockout 4) The Mega-Knockout 5) More Queen & Bishop Line-Ups
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Attacks on the g6-Square (After Castling) 6) The Ìg6 Trick 17 7) The Íxh6/Ëg6+ Combo 18 8) The Ìf6+/Ëg6+ Combo 19 9) How to Beat a World Champion 20 Attacks on the e6-Square (After Castling) 10) Central Collapse 11) The Ìxe6/Îxe6 Combo 12) A Backward Pawn on e6 13) Knightmare on e6 14) More Knightmares on e6
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Attacks on the King 15) The Killer Ëf3/Ìf5 Set-Up (1) 16) The Killer Ëf3/Ìf5 Set-Up (2) 17) The Tricky Ëg3/Ìg4 Set-Up 18) The Quiet Killer: Íf6 19) Knight Sacrifice on f6 20) More Ìf6+ Sacrifices 21) Open the h-File with Íg5 22) Fright Knight
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The Belated King-Hunt Tactics on the Queenside Finishing Off with Îg4+ The Simple Íxg7 Capture
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Forks, Skewers, Pins... 27) Winning the Exchange 28) Hungarian Horror Story 29) The Unwelcome Visitor 30) More Íg6 Bishop Offers 31) Winning Material with Ìh6+ 32) The Íh6 Exchange Win 33) The Useful Ìh5+ Trick 34) Another Useful Ìh5+ Trick 35) Surprise Skewers 36) Weak Queenside Dark Squares
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Decoys & Deflections 37) A Delightful Decoy 38) More Delightful Decoys 39) Dazzling Deflections 40) Fun with Bishops & Knights 41) Tal’s Tallinn Trick 42) The Ía6 Trap 43) The Rook & Knight Decoy
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Zwischenzugs 44) Mastering the Zwischenzug 45) The Ìg4 Zwischenzug 46) The Ìg6 Zwischenzug
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