Spy's Mate: A Novel – HARDCOVER Chess Sets Chapter 7 – 11

Chapter 7 – 11

he uses examples from Tal and his own games to show techniques and thinking structures to enable excellent attack play

tactical lines and turns the game into a battle of patience and will power

Each chapter introduces a basic theme and features dozens of exercises

Spy's Mate: A Novel – HARDCOVER Chess Sets Chapter 7 – 11Set in the late Cold War era Soviet Union, SPYS MATE: A NOVEL follows the coming of age of Yasha Basmajian, a young chess prodigy of Armenian origin who rises through the ranks of the Soviet chess establishment with dizzying rapidity. Along the way, however, he must contend with many pitfalls, including operatives who manipulate him, jealous rivals who try to humiliate him, and high officials who threaten him when he asserts his independence, or takes