One Pawn Saves the Day: A World Champion’s Favorite Studies
Language: English - 204 pages
€17.76
Elk and Ruby
Synopsis
Learn great traps, turn losses into draws and draws into wins!
Sergei Tkachenko has collected 100 studies whose common theme is that white ends up with just one pawn in the finale, yet manages to win or draw.
With the exception of three studies, there are no more than six moves in any solution, so experienced chess players can analyze the positions directly from the diagrams.
Newbies to chess problems will also find analyzing these studies useful. The diverse set of tactical ideas involving a single pawn in the finale will enable them to gain a deeper understanding of the pawn's resourcefulness.
Some of these studies are classics from bygone ages. Others were originally published in the Soviet Union.
About Sergei Tkachenko
Sergei Tkachenko (born in 1963, near Odessa, Ukraine) is a member of the Ukrainian team that won the 5th World Chess Composition Tournament in 1997 and which came second in 2000, 2004, 2013, and 2017. He has won the studies section of the Ukrainian Chess Composition Championship six times and has won prizes, many of them for first place, in over 100 international chess composition tournaments.
Sergei coaches the Ukrainian chess composition team. He is also the press secretary of the Chess Composition Committee of the Ukrainian Chess Federation.
Sergei is an award-winning author who has written 18 chess books published by Elk and Ruby, including compositions and on historical themes. He is deputy chief editor of a Ukrainian chess composition magazine called Problemist of Ukraine and has a regular studies column on the ChessPro website.
Product specifications
| Binding | Paperback |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Publishing date | Wednesday, 30 April 2025 |
| Edition | 1 |
| Pagecount | 204 |
| Interior color | Black/white |
| Size | 110 x 180 mm |
| Publisher | Elk and Ruby |
| Author | Sergei Tkachenko |
| Category | Sports and hobbies > Mind games |