007 KEY TO SYMBOLS

009 FOREWORD

011 BIBLIOGRAPHY

PART 1. A TACTICAL WORLD

013 TACTICAL EDUCATION

015 CHESS SCHOOLS

016 THE IMMORTAL GAME

030 THE EVERGREEN GAME

039 THE RAINBOW GAME

043 THE CHESS GAME

PART 2. TACTICAL PLAY

059 ATTACK VIA THE EDGED FILES

080 BLOCKING THE F6-SQUARE

100 FIERCE QUEEN

108 KING IN THE BOX

114 THE KING HUNT

139 THE NOVOTNY INTERFERENCE

164 DEFENCE & COUNTER-ATTACK

PART 3. BASIC MATES

181 QUEEN MATE

185 BOX MATE

189 DOUBLE MAJOR PIECE MATE

192 TWO BISHOPS MATE

195 TWO KNIGHTS MATE

205 BISHOP & KNIGHT MATE

225 FOOL?S MATE

228 SCHOLAR?S MATE

PART 4. COMBINATIVE MATES (QUEEN & ROOK)

233 ANASTASIA?S MATE

241 ANDERSSEN?S MATE

245 ARABIAN MATE

258 BACK-RANK MATE

274 BLIND SWINE MATE

277 COZIO?S MATE

279 DAMIANO?S BISHOP MATE

283 DAMIANO?S MATE

290 DOVETAIL MATE

295 EPAULETTE MATE

300 GOLDEN CAGE MATE

304 GRECO?S MATE

313 HOOK MATE

320 KILL BOX MATE

322 LAWNMOWER MATE

328 LOLLI?S MATE

339 LURED MATE

344 MARSHALL?S MATE

346 MAX LANGE?S MATE

350 MAYET?S MATE

357 MORPHY?S MATE

361 NEW YORK MATE

366 OPERA MATE

375 SWALLOW?S TAIL MATE

PART 5. COMBINATIVE MATES (BISHOP, KNIGHT & PAWN)

381 BLACKBURNE?S MATE

387 BODEN?S MATE

392 DAVID & GOLIATH MATE

397 DOUBLE BISHOP MATE

400 KNIGHT CORNER MATE

406 LEGAL?S MATE

412 PILLSBURY?S MATE

416 PONY EXPRESS MATE

424 RETI?S MATE

428 SMOTHERED MATE

444 SUFFOCATION MATE