Grivas - The Tactics Bible

Grivas - The Tactics Bible. Livre en anglais sur la tactique au jeu d'échecs. Novice players often complain they are unable to inflict these mates on their opponents and that opponents spot the threat and find a defensive move to prevent the mate. Knowledge of the game and the defensive skill of today’s players, even at the amateur level, is much greater than it was 200 years ago. Players should remember Nimzowitsch’s advice: ‘A threat is stronger than its execution’. Threatening mate can force the opponent to make a defensive move that may compromise his position elsewhere. The knowledgeable player uses a mating threat as a (small) tactical stepping stone to gain an advantage.