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Problem Chess: Art and Magic on the

Chessboard

Göran Forslund

A wide-ranging introduction to the beauty and challenge of chess problems

Contents

Göran Forslund 1958–2015

Publisher ’s Note

Preface to the English Edition

Prelude

Introduction: What is a Chess Problem?

Background: Chess Problems and Problem Chess

Entertaining to Solve

Conventional Problems: Expect the Unexpected

Retro-Analytical Problems: Who Captured the Horse?

Proof Games: The Rubik’s Cube of Chess Problems

Series Problems: A One-Sided Story

A Joy to Behold

Helpmates: The Art of the Possible

Geometrical Problems: A Matter of Form

Exciting to Explore

Fairy Problems: Black is Black – or is it?

Record Attempts: On the Verge of the Impossible

Behind the Scenes

Concepts: Don’t Try That Try

Themes: Orthodox Fight or Paradox Delight

Creating a Chess Problem

Appendix A: Chess Notation and Symbols

Appendix B: Further Reading

Afterword and the Three Hidden Problems

Index of Composers and Analysts

About the Author

About Gambit Publications

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