Chess Gems: 1,000 Combinations You Should Know
I opened it up and ... fell in love with it!Igor Sukhin has created a thoroughly delightful book that is suitable for players from 1000 to grandmaster. CHESS GEMS serves the reader on several levels: tactical tests, chess history, pure reading enjoyment, fun, and instruction.Needless to say,  it gets my HIGHEST RECOMMENDATION and deserves a place in every chess library. -- Jeremy Silman****************************************************Seldom a chess book on combinations has impressed me so much as this work from Igor Sukhin. A fascinating read! --John Elburg Book Reviews, chessbooks.nl