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Translated by Bernard Cafety B.A., F.I.L. (Rus.)

Current revision exampls by Ken Smith

1st Edition:

Printed and published by Chss (Sutton Coldield) Ltd, England

2nd Revied Edition:

Printed and published by Chss Digest, Inc.

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COMBINATIONS IN THE MIDDLEGAME

Translator's Preface

When the Soviet publishing house Fikultura i Spot

began publication of a series of chess books, I comment

ed on their excellence, especially from a didactic point

of view, though obviously for this purpose one needed a

knowledge of Russian to be able to follow the text as well

as the actual play in the examples quoted. I am pleased

therefore to be able now to make one of these books

available to the English-speaking chess public. As I also

remarked in my review, the Soviet concept of a begin

ner is clearly wider than ours, and to make the book

even wider in its scope and appeal I have added some

supplementary material. I must confess that I have had

some misgivings about the correct rendering of certain

technical terms, but in the absence of an international

ly accepted terminology each translator must take his

own line on such matters. Also in translating certain

exracts quoted rom authors whose books are available

in English I have followed the Russian text in those rare

cases where it differs slightly rom the English version.

I tust that this book will give real plasure to its read

ers and help those players who wish to learn to play

combinations.

The Author

Igor Zakharovich Bondarevsky was born in 1913,

learnt chess at the age of nine, but only began to play

seriously in 1925, as a result (he says) of the interest

created in the Soviet Union by the Moscow international

tournament of that year. He first played in the Soviet

championship in 1937, and in 1940 shared first place

with Lilienthal in the very strong XII U.S.S.R. champi

onship above Botvinnik, Keres, Smyslov, Boleslavsky,etc

- this was undoubtedly his finest performance ever. In

1949 he was a warded the international grand master

title. An engineer by training, Bondarevsky has played

little n the last decade, devoting much of his time to or-

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ganization, writing and training young players. His

most notable success in this direction is the fine play of

the former World Champion Boris Spassky, whose train

er Bondarevsky has been since 1961. Bondarevsky is on

record as stating that he considers Capablanca the

strongest player of the twentieth century, which is an

unusual viewpoint for a Soviet player.

He as played in England only once - in the Hastings

Congress of 1961-2 when he finished second to Gligoric.

B. Cafferty

Editor's Note

Be sure to set up each position on your chess board,

even the simple ones. There is much to learn after each

move. All examples after 1960 are current revisions by

Ken Smith.

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