what a surprise! It is no longer a matter of simple tactical motifs and combinations but in fact deep analysis and refutations of concepts that seemed to be axiomatic by definition of tactical play. So, I start reading through the present book, which has almost same name as the Magic World of Combinations by Koblentz (issued more than two decades ago in the Soviet Union). Combinations and tactics, the books of Alexander Koblentz, the games of Mikhail Tal - all these were synonymous with my first steps in chess. Meyer's new book about tactics, I thought that nothing would be easier. Table of Contents Foreword by Alexei ShirovĪ) Middlegame Tactics AI) Tactical Motifs AlA) Pin and Cross-PinĪI C) Trapped Pieces/ Loose Pieces Drop Offī) Tactica l Endga mes B I) Opposite-Co lored Bishops B IA) With Rooks and /or Queensī I B) Pure Oppos ite-Co lored Bishop Endingsī5) Rook + Minor Piece Endings B5A) Rook Endingsįoreword Still the World of Magic When I was asked by my good friend OM Karsten MUller to write a foreword for his and C.D. Scanned by tekendama w/tutelage from mmw email: programs used: VueScan, Photoshop, ScanKromsator, Adobe Acrobat Box 30 Milford, CT 06460 USA Cover design by OutExcel! Corp., Al Lawrence, President Jami Anson, Art Director. The Magic of Chess Tactics © Copyright 2002 Claus Dieter Meyer & Karsten MUller All Rights Reserved ISBN: 1-88

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