WAITZKIN'S

ATTACKING
^CHESS*
AGGRESSIVE STRATEGIES A N D
INSIDE MOVES FROM
T H E U.S. JUNIOR CHESS CHAMPION

JOSH WAITZKIN,
INTERNATIONAL MASTER,
with Fred Waitzkin

A FIRESIDE BOOK
Published by Simon &. Schuster
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Waitzkin, Josh.
[Attacking chess]
Josh Waitzkin's attacking chess : aggressive strategies and inside
moves from the U.S. Junior Champion / Josh Waitzkin with Fred
Waitzkin.
p. cm.
"A Fireside book."
Includes index.
1. Chess. I. Waitzkin, Fred. n. Title.
GV1449.5.W35 1995
794.1'2-dc20 95-12178
CIP

ISBN 0-684-80250-3
 CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 8
INTRODUCTION 9

1 MATE 19
2 T H E FORK 35
3 PINS A N D SKEWERS 42
4 DOUBLE THREAT 54
5 REMOVING T H E DEFENDER 62
6 DISCOVERY 68
7 BUST 76
8 PAWN S T O R M S A N D T H E
POWER O F T H E KAMIKAZE 83
9 QUEEN TRAPS 88
10 MINOR T R A P S 101
11 COURAGE 113
12 D O N ' T S E T T L E FOR LESS 133
13 OPENING T R A P S 141
14 QUIET M O V E S IN ATTACK 151
15 ZWISCHENZUG 159
16 T H E SEVENTH RANK A N D
T H E PIG 179
17 MATING N E T S 187
18 S A C FOR MATE! 195
19 G R A D U A T E WORK 219
APPENDIX: ALGEBRAIC NOTATION 237
INDEX 240
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 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

My love and gratitude to my mother, who contributed

her experience as a chess teacher and her clarity of ex-
pression to this book. I am indebted to the efforts of John
MacArthur, who spent long hours entering my early
games into ChessBase, and to my friends Bruce Pandol-
fini, Maurice Ashley, and Gregori Kaidanov, who
scoured the manuscript for errors. Also, for the inspira-
tion of Jack, Neal, and Kitty.
Thanks, Dad, for teaching me how to write.