Problem Chess: Art and Magic on the Chessboard

Contents......Page 4 Göran Forslund 1958-2015......Page 6 Publisher’s Note......Page 7 Preface to the English Edition......Page 8 Prelude......Page 10 Introduction: What is a Chess Problem?......Page 11 Background: Chess Problems and Problem Chess......Page 14 Entertaining to Solve......Page 31 Conventional Problems: Expect the Unexpected......Page 32 Retro-Analytical Problems: Who Captured the Horse?......Page 80 Proof Games: The Rubik’s Cube of Chess Problems......Page 93 Series Problems: A One-Sided Story......Page 117 A Joy to Behold......Page 132 Helpmates: The Art of the Possible......Page 133 Geometrical Problems: A Matter of Form......Page 152 Exciting to Explore......Page 166 Fairy Problems: Black is Black – or is it?......Page 167 Record Attempts: On the Verge of the Impossible......Page 183 Behind the Scenes......Page 202 Concepts: Don’t Try That Try......Page 203 Themes: Orthodox Fight or Paradox Delight......Page 213 Creating a Chess Problem......Page 228 Appendix A: Chess Notation and Symbols......Page 242 Appendix B: Further Reading......Page 245 Afterword and the Three Hidden Problems......Page 248 Index of Composers and Analysts......Page 255 Copyright Information......Page 258 About the Author......Page 259 About Gambit Publications......Page 260 Other Gambit Titles on Kindle......Page 261