Author: Luděk Pachman (1924-2003)
Year: 1971-1973
Publisher: David Mckay Company, Inc, and Routledge and Kegan Paul
Place: New York and London
Description:
2 volumes. Pieces and Pawns in Action viii+220 with diagrams and indices. Attack And Defence in Action viii+248 pages with diagrams and indices. Octavos (8 3/4" x 5 1/2") bound in original publisher's blue and green cloth with silver and gilt lettering to spine in original pictorial jackets. Translated by P H Clarke. (Luis: 1026) First American edition. of Attack And Defence in Action and second British edition of Pieces and Pawns in Action.
While strategy deals with general planning, tactics may be said to cover the individual operation by which plans are executed. Pachman divides tactics into its elements: moves, maneuvers, combinations. He then examines the characteristics of the various pieces, showing the situations in which each is at its best. The mail part of Attack And Defence in Action describes the tactical action of the pieces both in a positive sense, as they increased their effectiveness and in a negative sense as they restrict the opponent's pieces. Pachman demonstrates how these methods lead to advantageous and positional changes, and the book concludes with a chapter on pawns and their uses.
In Attack And Defence in Action, the author analyses the most complicated tactical problems: attack and defence, the fight for time and space during a game, the psychological elements of chess and the problems arising from creative fantasy in a game. The text is illustrated by extracts from practical play.
Condition:
Previous owner's name to front end papers. Pieces and Pawns in Action' jacket with light edge wear spine ends rubbed and lightly chipped, hinges rubbed. Attack And Defence in Action jacket with light edge wear else a very good set in a like jackets..