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Yochanan Afek: Practical Chess Beauty. Second edition 2025.

Content: Key to Symbols Used and Useful Sources. Preface. Chess Composition Terminology. Foreword by Emil Sutovsky. Chess with Yochanan by Amatzia Avni. 1) The Ultimate Sacrifice; 2) Mate; 3) Domination; 4) Forks; 5) Pawns; 6) Knights; 7) Bishops; 8) Rooks; 9) Zwischenzugs; 10) Systematic Manoevres; 11) Various Tactics; 12) Perpetuacl Checks; 13) Positional Draw; 14) Underpromotions; 15) Mutual Underpromotions; 16) Problem Themes; 17) Stalemate; 18) New Studies. Name Index.

Solving studies is well established as an effective method of chess improvement. Yochanan Afek is one of the world’s greatest ever study composers, and in this new edition he shares his finest creations, combining artistic beauty with practical relevance.

This new book contains every study from the original Practical Chess Beauty along with 36 fresh studies composed by Afek in the interim period, all freshly checked for accuracy. Ignite your imagination, augment your appreciation of chess geometry, and fine-tune your feeling for the pieces’ potential by uncovering the magic contained in the hundreds of studies in this book. Or simply wonder at some of the most stunning chess moves ever conceived.

Yochanan Afek is an over-the-board IM from Israel who holds titles in almost every area of chess, including Grandmaster of Chess Composition. In a long and celebrated chess career, Afek has been a composer and a solver, an arbiter and a tournament organizer, as well as a player, trainer and author.

18 x 24.5 cm. Quality Chess, Glasgow 2025. Second corrected and revised edition. 512 pages in publisher's red hardback. Dustjacket not issued. Condition brand new. Weight 1,098 g.

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