The book of the famous Soviet composer Alexander Herbstman. In addition to the best compositions of the author, the book is a kind of textbook on sketching composition. Selected studies are given on topics related to geometry of a chessboard, chess space, time in chess, power in chess. In the chapter “On Etude Composition”, the reader will get acquainted with the sections: what is a chess etude, about an etude idea, and about the technique for composing etudes. For everyone who likes to solve beautiful studies and who wants to learn to compose studies himself.
