Chess 36 Stratagems: A New Edition. Part 1

Author: Qiu Zhiyuan, Shen Zuqin
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Publish Date: 2000-04-01
Features: This book is primarily based on the Thirty-Six Stratagems, referencing works such as The Art of War, Sun Bin's Art of War, Wu Liezi, The Garden of Military Mechanism, and the I Ching. Following the numerical order of the Thirty-Six Stratagems, it adopts well-known idioms as titles for arrangement. Before each stratagem name, a passage of military strategy is provided, followed by an explanation, translation, and a new interpretation as well as a chess interpretation. By combining the corresponding relationships of the rigidity and flexibility, the unconventional and conventional, the offensive and defensive, the enemy and oneself, the real and the virtual, the dominant and the subordinate, and the labor and rest in military strategy, it selects some outstanding and typical game examples from chess (chess practice) to elaborate on the theory of military strategy. The book strives to be both profound and accessible. The Chess Thirty-Six Stratagems: A New Edition is divided into three volumes: Volume 1, Volume 2, and Volume 3. This volume selects 306 outstanding and typical game examples, each preceded by a diagram and accompanied by a situational analysis and commentary on gains and losses, aiming to enlighten the readers.