Alexander Alekhine - Great Chess Combinations The 12 Days of Chessmas David covers the main line

David covers the main line and variations including Classical

the authors continue to develop their ideas from the first book — Tactics According to Smyslov — where they explain that in chess there are four main tactical elements (check

Each puzzle features an indication of the level of difficulty

score from grandmaster games and the move weighting

from training combinative vision to techniques of realizing advantages

Alexander Alekhine - Great Chess Combinations The 12 Days of Chessmas David covers the main lineThis book is a collection of the best combinations played by Alexander Alekhine in chronological order. Each exercise features a number of points 1 to 4 given for solving it, depending on the exercises's difficulty. This allows trainers and teachers to use this book both for self training and in lessons for their students.