Descripción

Ulf – the Attacker! Swedish chess legend Ulf Andersson was a positional genius with a crystal-clear style. In his prime, in the 1970s and 80s, he rose to the number 4 spot of the FIDE world

rankings because he almost never lost a game and kept scoring wins from quiet positions.

56 Thrilling Games from Sweden’s Chess Legend

Ulf – The Attacker is an amazing collection of thrilling games! Ulf is widely regarded as one of the most likable figures in the chess world. He is consistently humble, generous with his time, and

known for his exceptional sportsmanship. But at the board, he was merciless in his games against Anatoly Karpov, Viktor Korchnoi, Bent Larsen, and Lajos Portisch, to name a few of the chess

stars that got crushed in an attack.

This book is both entertaining and instructive. Ulf Andersson’s fluid attacking game will undoubtedly influence your own thinking about chess.

Ulf – the Attacker!

Thomas Engqvist is an International Master from Sweden. He has over forty years’ experience as a chess coach, teacher and writer. This is his eleventh chess book, and the first one published

by New In Chess.

Books about Ulf Andersson The motivation behind the present book is to highlight an overlooked and underrated aspect of Ulf Andersson’s game: his attacking play.

I have already written a coffee-table book about him, Schackets Mästare – I huvudet på Ulf Andersson, published in Swedish in 2019 together with sports journalist Robert Okpu.

Ulf – the Attacker!

It was a biography with a mix of personal and public photographs, aimed at a Swedish audience. In contrast, this book aims to appeal to an international readership,

focusing on his chess career and games. While the Swedish book featured 22 well-annotated attacking games, this one includes 56 games as well as 16 game snippets on that same theme,

all of the annotations having been computer-checked.

Ulf The Attacker