Gormally: Leela Mating Patterns - Boost Your Attacking Play!

Autor: Gormally, Daniel
Verlag / Hersteller: Thinkers Publishing
Erscheinungsjahr: 2026
Sprache: Englisch
Buchumschlag: hardcover
Seiten: 274

Learn Leela's attacking ideas and mating patterns for tournament play

Leela Mating Patterns: Boost Your Attacking Play! by English Grandmaster Daniel Gormally examines the attacking style of the chess engine Leela.

Gormally started the project after his own defeats by the engine. The book presents her most effective mating patterns and attacking ideas.

Leela avoids exchanges and accumulates small advantages until an attack becomes decisive. The book explains how human players can use these methods.

The book is aimed at players who want to improve their attacking play and hold the initiative in tournament games. Gormally also shows how the ideas work in practice, drawing on his recent events on the English and European circuits.

Highlights

• Leela's most destructive mating patterns and attacking ideas
• Opening repertoire built on Leela's contempt factor of avoiding exchanges
• Methods for seizing and holding the initiative
• Application of engine-inspired ideas in tournament games
• Examples from the English and European chess circuits

A practical guide to attacking chess, based on the play of an engine that seems built to attack.

FAQ

Which topics does the book cover?
It covers Leela's mating patterns and attacking ideas, an opening repertoire based on her contempt factor, and methods for holding and using the initiative.

Does the book only deal with attacks, or also with openings?
Besides the attacking ideas, it teaches an opening repertoire built around Leela's contempt factor, which avoids exchanges while accumulating small advantages.

How are the ideas applied in practice?
Gormally shows how the ideas translate to tournament play, using his recent adventures on the English and European chess circuit.