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Tactics, tricks and traps! Part 4 of the successful Tactics in the Chess Opening series for casual chess players and club players. It teaches how to recognize opportunities to attack early in the game, and how to avoid standard pitfalls in the opening. After studying these brilliant surprise attacks, or just enjoying them, the adventurous player will win more games!

This book explains in more than 230 carefully selected and annotated games, all the tactical themes and typical traps of all the main lines in the:

• Queen's Gambits
• Slav
• Tarrasch
• Trompowsky
• Torre and Colle

• Friso Nijboer is one of Holland's most active and most experienced grandmasters. He has played in countless national championships and was one of the topscorers of the Dutch team that won the European Championship in 2001.
• Geert van der Stricht is an International Master from Belgium and a former national champion.

• 240 Pages
• Paperback
• Publisher: New In Chess
• Published: 2006

• "A high quality product that is particularly appropriate to give the average club and tournament player an overall grasp on the dangers and opportunities available in a given opening." IM John Watson - TWIC