Doble golpe - Damazy Sobiecki

This Double Attack by Damazy Sobiecki is a chess training book on middlegame tactics, centred on one of the game’s key tactical motifs: the double attack. It is written for players who want to spot combinations more reliably and use them more confidently in their own games.

The book forms part of the author’s wider work on middlegame themes. On 98 pages in A5 format, it examines 129 positions from games in which the double attack is the main combinational idea. The material is presented in detail, so it works well for self-study and as a training aid for players and instructors.

What’s inside

Damazy Sobiecki shows how the double attack appears in different positions on the board and how individual pieces can take part in it. The chapter structure helps organise the material, moving from examples of mistakes to specific attacking patterns.

• ...and even the great ones make mistakes;
• The knights go into action;
• Where the queen hunts;
• The bishop’s strike;
• The rook can do it too;
• An unassuming pawn;
• A real mix-up;

A further advantage is the set of exercises for independent solving, which let you check straight away whether the ideas have been understood. That makes the book a practical way to work on tactics through active solving, not just reading.

Edition information

• Author: Damazy Sobiecki
• Title: Double Attack
• Subject: middlegame training
• Theme: double attack
• Page count: 98
• Format: A5
• Publisher: PENELOPA
• Publication year: 2014

This is a solid choice for anyone who wants to develop chess tactics through concrete game examples and better understand when the double attack becomes a decisive middlegame motif.

Key details

• Product type: chess training book
• Author: Damazy Sobiecki
• Title: Double Attack
• Subject: middlegame training
• Theme: double attack
• Positions analysed: 129 positions from games
• Page count: 98
• Format: A5