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The new volume of Anthology of Chess Combinations features several major changes introduced by the Chess Informant Editorial Board. The main one being that it has been divided into two main parts: educative and practical examples. As a foundation for the first part, the previous edition of the Anthology has been used with our original classification keys pertaining to fundamental tactical motifs.

The other part has been produced to incorporate the elements of a workbook. Some more recent examples have been subdivided into three groups to maintain clearcut structure. Each group has three difficulty levels without any classification keys, to make sure that the prospective solver cannot benefit from any hints.

We hope that the third edition of the Anthology of Chess Combinations with 2709 examples on 576 pages will help readers towards a greater appreciation of the art of combinative chess and a fundamental understanding of how it can be achieved.