| Sally Simpson: From 'How to Think Ahead in Chess' by Jan Przewoznik & Marek Soszynski White to play. You are meant to spend at least 30 minutes on this selection of puzzles. I took less than four minutes... 
click for larger view...and played what Konstantinopolsky played. Which is deemed wrong. But as the game panned out it took a later error from White to lose it. However the suggested best move 27.g4, which I did consider till I spotted my shot is better that what me and Mr. Konstantinopolsky chose. He exchanged sacced on e4 27.Rxe4 and so did I though possibly for different reasons. I spotted the irresistible cheapo 27.Rxe4 Nxe4 28.Qxe4 f5 29.Qe6+ and Qh6+ 
click for larger viewProbably a good book. They de-bunk completely the Kotov thinking method and come up with some excellent advice. I say 'probably' because I am set in my ways. Maybe if I got something like this when I was young it may have made me a better player. But there again, would I have enjoyed the game as much I have. My theory that the stronger you are the less you enjoy playing holds water. I'm not shackled by worrying about pawn structures, weak squares or coming endings etc. The thrill of waiting to see if my opponent would play 28...f5 is good enough for me. That wee buzz is all I ever wanted from a game. If they play, as in the game 28...Qd7 then that is OK. I'll catch them with next two move trick, or the next one... | 
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