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"Algebraic Edition of Must-Have Classic", I'm glad to have the algebraic edition of this timeless classic. Since attack is what chess is mainly about, this book is perhaps as essential as such cornerstones as "My System." Surely a must-have for anyone rated 1500+.

"TOO MUCH HYPE", From the reviews I have read , I thought this book would improve my play . Note this is my interest -- I want to win games . I could care less if my attacking technique improves if I end up losing the game . I hope anyone reading this agrees with me . This is exactly the fault of this book . It teaches you ONLY attacking techniques that if not properly undertaken may cost you the game . Reading this book actually made my play loose . I had to look for desperate ways to get at opponent's king as my own position had too many holes . Needless to say I was under lot of pressure in my games due to aggressive attacking play . My verdict -- this book could decrease your rating in chess . Please take the reviews you read with a grain of salt . One man's meat is another man's poison .

"Amazing advanced book", great for about 1800+ rating players dont buy this as your first book it is too advanced .. this will get your attack working and winning

"Any player should buy this book, should be 6 or 8 stars ", This book is a super-classic, though no exercises to test, this does not matter,
as this is not just a book of puzzles and so no need to give exercises for you to solve. In fact it is a bible of attack. After reading this book, your attacking power would be much, much improved and when solving those puzzles by John Nunn, Gallagher, combination motifs, manual of combinatioin etc, those previous difficult puzzels you cannot solve, may now be seem to be easy to you!!! Just look the the numerous reprints, so can have an idea how great this book is!!!! Now with the book in Algaebraic system, then there is no excuse not to buy it!!!!!!

"Great book for chess enthusiasts", I found this book to be very helpful in learning how to navigate the middlegame better. The concepts are very well organized. Beginners may find this book too complex and involved, but for those who seriously want to get better at chess this book is a must have!

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"great chess strategy book", first of all, I did not go through all examples, but I did read
all the chapters. This book
is truly super in the depth of coverage. Once you gained
an advantageous position, how do you plan your attak? how
do you execute it? all is covered.

Only gripe:
the chapter on phases of attack should have placed right after the
chapter on different classic mates.

"Good Concept - Poorly Exectution", What I mean by "Good Concepts" and "Poor Execution" is that this book shows the ideas well, but by golly there are some serious, serious mistakes in the detailed analysis. My Fritz Computer showed, many, many mistakes and I doubled checked myself.
I wish that the author had "computer" checked his analysis before writing this book before having so many mistakes. It certainly needs serious updating in the analysis and the openings.
But, but - the concepts behind the sacrifices and attacks are instructive! Still worth getting.

"Don't just marvel at Alekhine's combinations, learn how to get his positions!", Any author who states that he or she will teach me some of the principles on which Alekhine and Capablanca built up their wildly successful attacks will get me to turn the pages of his or her book! When Vukovic introduced this book as his attempt to do so and to help one derive aesthetic satisfaction from the attacking technique in chess, I was sold and so was the book. Though written forty years ago, this book has not been surpassed in its substance and comprehensiveness. Vukovic delivered on his promise and then some.

At the end of the book, he stated the principle that fascinates me the most thus: "... by these methods they, [Alekhine and Capablanca], discovered moves which fulfill the chief principle of the attack on the castled king, namely, obtaining the maximum preconditions for an attack with the minimum of commitment." To obtain a thorough understanding of this principle, one must study this book closely probably several times. This is not a "how to beat your dog at chess in nine moves" book but an "apply elbow grease and begin playing exciting chess for the rest of your life" book. You must pay to play and there is no getting around that.

The growing popularity of this style of play has unleashed a proliferation of chess software on "attacking chess" - by say Alexander Bangiev and Jacob Aagaard, to name just two authors. Kindly note that Vukovic stated flatly that this method is founded on exact positional play so don't throw away Nimzowitsch's book, "My System," or the like, just yet. Furthermore, this book is not just the deployment of ingenious tactical maneuvers and cliffhanging combinations - a quote attributed to Rudolf Spielmann says it all: "I can see Alekhine's combinations as well as he can, I just can't get his positions." This book is about getting those positions.

Several reviewers have listed the titles of the chapters in the book so there is no point rehashing them except to note that the discussion on "focal points" for attack -- weak squares in the vicinity of the king - is most instructive. For completeness, Vukovic did not forget one, were one to find oneself on the wrong end of the attack - he threw in an even longer chapter on how to attempt to ward off these kinds of attacks. This book was very well-conceived and presented with lots of complete games to illustrate the genesis and culmination of these creative attacks. While the book concentrates on direct attacks on the king, the author asserts that they are frequently combined with other attacks latent in the position. All told, a chess-savvy present-day hipster would conclude that, "this book rocks!"

I beg to differ with some of the reviewers who awarded few stars to this book because there remain a few mistakes in analysis here and there. Chess players owe GM John Nunn our gratitude for `editing' the formerly ponderous language of the book but more so for drastically emending most of the erring analysis. I concur fully with GM Nunn's, final assessment of this classic: "... it is Vukovic's general principles which will prove of most value to the practical player, and here there can be no argument about the enduring quality of his work." Bravo!

"A fine book in its time ", I remember reading this many many years ago, before the arrival of databases or analysis engines. All credit, therefore, to the author, for this historical work, and a dog-eared copy is one of my favorite posessions. In modern terms there are of course many mistakes to be found with an electronic program, and a lot of modern ideas are absent, but it would be harsh to judge the author on that basis.
For a modern-day book on sacrifices I can highly recommend the LeMoir title, "How to become a Deadly Chess Tactician" which contains incredible detail on thematic sacrifices.

"full of errrrors... but a good book anyway", This book, like many 'classics' is full of errors. Run these games through Fritz (Chessbase) for example (a .CBF format of the games found in this book is available at the Ossimitz Chess page at the fortunecity website) and almost on every third page a variation of Vukovic's will be in error; some of the errors allow one side to escape with a draw instead of a forced win. GM John Nunn has done a good job with footnotes pointing out a lot of these mistakes

Another annoying thing is that supposedly outstanding (!) moves are not the best move (Fritz or any computer program will point this out in 'watch mode'). So if you are trying to guess the move, sometimes you will find yourself 'stumped' until you realize there is no 'best' move.

That said, I still like this book because it shows how to win in OTB play against humans using aggresive play, where sometimes a shock move is useful (GM Tal proved this holds).

I am a expert player. If you are a beginner some of the games here will 'shock' you since they seem to lose material, until the lines are played out.

All in all a useful book, I also like for tactics Averback's Tactics book (if you can find it)