Below is a list of corrections to the first edition. For a PDF version of the list, click here.
Five diagrams were
changed for the second edition. 87-1 and 94-8 had errors which
precluded
the intended solution. |
| page 31, left column, third paragraph |
The note in parentheses should be: (shielding the rook from the black bishop). |
| page 35, right column |
Black’s 9th move should be 9...Kc2. |
| page 80, left column |
Black’s first move should be 1...Kd7 (not 1...Ke7). The note in parentheses after 2.Qxg7? should be: (planning Bb2 and Rd1). The sentence after 2...Rag8! should be: The queen is lost since 3.Qxf6 allows 3...Qxg2# (2...Rhg8? 3.e4!). |
| page 83, left column |
The line given after 3.Nh6+ Kg7 should begin with 4.Nxf7?! Rxf7. |
| page 106, diagram |
There should be no white queen on d1. |
| page 139, diagram #2 |
Add a black pawn on g6 and remove h7. Place a white pawn on h3 instead of h2. This change eliminates a defence by 1.Qg6 Bg5! |
| page 149, right column, top |
White’s combo should end with 3.Nxg5. |
| page 180, left column, second paragraph after 2.Kb5 |
Going to the c-file lets black set up an x-ray. |
| page 223, left column |
The Grunfeld Defence begins 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4. |
| page 231, left column, solution #10 |
The first variation should begin 2...Kd6 3.Kc8! |
| page 238, left column, Discovered Attack, black to move |
The solution should be 1...Nxc2 2.Qxc2? Bxf2 3.Kxf2 Rxc2.
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