chessboard magic Author:Irving Chernev This book, described by the late grandmaster Reuben Fine as "an inexhaustible source of entertainment, an endless feast of delight," contains 160 remarkable endgame compositions, all of which illustrate in some way the great aesthetic pleasure chess offers its devotees. Too often the collector of chess endings will allow only two considerations... more » to affect his or her choice: the ingenuity displayed in the composition and the knowledge needed to solve it. But Mr. Chernev has added a third criterion: inherent beauty of solution. Thus his endgames illustrate symmetry, pleasing patterns of movements, unusual configurations and other examples of the visual appeal of chess. These unusual situations will sharpen your imagination and increase your skill--but they are valuable most of all for the sheer delight they bestow.« less