One of the finest chess books ever written, now in the revised algebraic edition. The author expounds both the basic principles and the most complex forms of attack on the king. Chapters:
The attack against the uncastle king
The attack on the king that has lost the right to castle
On castling and attacking the castled position in general
Mating patterns
Focal points
The classic bishop sacrifice
Ranks, files, and diagonals in the attack on the castled king
Pieces and pawns in the attack on the castled king
The attack on the fianchettoed and queenside castling positions
Defending against the attack on the castled king
The phases of the attack on the castled king
The attack on the king as an integral part of the game