Verkhovsky: Draw! The Art of the Half-Point in Chess grundlagen Tal’s play is famed for

Tal’s play is famed for its sacrificial brilliance

But it is not based on boring or unambitious openings

” -- Richard James

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Verkhovsky: Draw! The Art of the Half-Point in Chess grundlagen Tal’s play is famed forThe Luck of the Draw!? Foreword by Mikhail Tal We have all seen games and perhaps even played them in which a difficult or lost game is salvaged by a brilliant drawing combination. In the early 1970s, Soviet International Master Leonid Verkhovsky collected some of the most fantastic draws ever played. You will be captivated by combinations and threats, as inexhaustible imagination in defense and attack counterbalance each other. The chess prowess of