title: Chess: 5334 Problems, Combinations, and Games
author: Laszlo Polgar
description: This book includes 5,334 different instructional situations - many taken from real matches - including 306 problems for checkmate in one move, 3,412 mates in two moves, 744 in three moves, 600 miniature games, 144 simple endgames, and 128 tournament games combinations, plus solutions, the basic rules of the game and an international bibliography. The largest collection of chess moves ever assembled into one volume. An indispensable volume for both the beginning chess player and the master. The ultimate book on winning the game.
zlib_text: # Prologue
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
    
  
  
  **Chess is 99% tactics.  
  
  
    
  
  
  Teichmann**  
  
  
    
  
  
    
  
  
    
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  [www.chesstrainer.org](http://www.chesstrainer.org)
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  # Chapter 1
  
  
  
  
  
  # Quizzes 1-10
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
    
  
  
    
  
  
  **It is a mistake to think that combination is solely a matter of talent, and
  that it cannot be acquired.  
  
  
    
  
  
  Reti**  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Quiz n.1 - Black to move
  
  
  
  
  
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  ## Solution n.1
  
  
  
  
  
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  ### 1... h6 2. Kh5 Bf7 3. Rg6 Rf5
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Quiz n.2 - Black to move
  
  
  
  
  
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  ## Solution n.2
  
  
  
  
  
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  ### 1... c2 2. Qf1 c1=R 3. Qxc1 Qg2
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Quiz n.3 - White to move
  
  
  
  
  
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  ## Solution n.3
  
  
  
  
  
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  ### 1\. Kb5 Ka8 2. c7 a1=Q 3. c8=Q
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Quiz n.4 - White to move
  
  
  
  
  
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  ## Solution n.4
  
  
  
  
  
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