EXCELLING COMBINATIONAL LEARN TO IDENTIFY AND EXPLOIT TACTICAL CHANCES JACOB AAGAARD EVERYMAN CHESSFirst published in 2004 by Gloucester Publishers plc (formerly Everyman Publishers plo), Northburgh House, 10 Northburgh Street, London EC1V OAT Copyright © 2004 Jacob Aagaard with Nikolaj Mikkelsen. ‘The tight of Jacob Aagaard to be identified as the author of this work has been as- serted in accordance with the Copyrights, Designs and Patents Act 1988. Alll rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, electrostatic, magnetic tape, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior permission of the publisher. British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. ISBN 1 85744 345 4 Distributed in North America by The Globe Pequot Press, P.O Box.480, 246 Goose Lane, Guilford, CT 06437-0480. All other sales enquiries should be directed to Everyman Chess, Northburgh House, 10 Northburgh Street, London EC1V OAT tel: 020 7253 7887. fax: 020 7490 3708 email: info@everymanchess.com website: www.everymanchess.com Everyman is the tegistered trade mark of Random House Inc. and is used in this work under license from Random House Inc. EVERYMAN CHESS SERIES (formerly Cadogan Chess) Chief advisor: Garry Kasparov Commissioning editor: Byron Jacobs ‘Typeset and edited by First Rank Publishing, Brighton. Cover design by Horatio Monteverde. ‘ Production by Navigator Guides. Printed in the United States by Versa Press, Inc.CONTENTS AuauUnea Bibliography Preface Introduction The Adventure of Writing a Book on Combinations Combinations and their Indicators Sicilian Sacrifices How to Solve Puzzles Exercises Solutions to Exercises NO A 11 0, 7 oy, 142