Zenon Franco: Attacking Chess in the 21st Century

Zenonchess Ediciones, paperback, Englisch, ISBN: 978-84-09-50215-8, 254 Seiten, 1. Auflage 2023.

Intermediate Level.

The book, "Attacking Chess in the 21st Century", consists of 36 attacking games from the 21st Century divided into four chapters.

Mastering attacking play in chess is a dream that we all long to achieve, but of course the art of attack does not arise by itself.

Constructing positions which favour the attack is the most difficult Task.

In this book we shall see games with brilliant finishes, but we shall also draw attention to the different phases through which the struggle passes, in order make such finishes possible.

Attention has been paid not only to what happens on the board but also, wherever possible, to the influence of the analysis engines not only on a player’s preparation for the game, something that has become more important in these early years of the new century, but also on the practical context of the game.

The games are prefaced by brief biographical information and a short description of the events of the game.

After each game some lessons are highlighted.
 

Inhalt:
Introduction
The structure of the book

Chapter 1: The king in the centre
Games 1 -10
Chapter 2: Kings castled on the same side
Games 11 - 22
Chapter 3: Kings castled on opposite sides
Games 23 - 28
Chapter 4: Attack, defence and counterattack
Games 29 -36

Index of games
Openings Index
Bibliography

Zenon Franco is a Grandmaster from Paraguay, now living in Spain. He represented Paraguay, on top board, in seven Chess Olympiads, and won individual gold medals at Lucerne 1982 and Novi Sad 1990. He’s an experienced trainer and has written numerous books on Chess.