{"product_id":"2940148554608","title":"Winning Chess Combinations","description":"Combinations are the central element in chess; they make the game so magical and captivating. The beautiful point of sacrificing a queen, the strongest piece, in order to checkmate with a lowly pawn brings a smile of joy to all chess lovers. Virtually all chess games possess a combination, either one hidden in the shadows of analysis carefully avoided or one that provides a decisive blow.\u003cbr\u003eWinning Chess Combinations is a unique work that doesn't merely repeat the wonderfully rich and vast numbers of combinations, asking readers to solve a particular diagrammed position; it is a work that is far more realistic. A combination involves a sacrifice upsetting the balance of forces, but will it work or tragically boomerang? The reader is invited to solve this critical question by identifying the advantages that a specific position holds which might make the combination successful.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWinning Chess Combinations is the seventh in Yasser Seirawan's highly acclaimed Winning Chess series – probably the best-selling series of chess books ever published.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e* A complete guide to chess combinations\u003cbr\u003e* Includes stunning sacrifices\u003cbr\u003e* Ideal for the improving player","brand":"Everyman Chess","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47067805810928,"sku":"2940148554608","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940148554608_p0.jpg?v=1763704063","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940148554608","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}