Mastering Chess Middlegames

Author : Alexander Panchenko
Publisher : New In Chess
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2015-11-24
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9789056916107

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Mastering Chess Middlegames by Alexander Panchenko Pdf

Grandmaster Alexander Panchenko (1953-2009) was one of the most successful chess trainers in the Soviet Union, and later in Russia. Panchenko ran a legendary chess school that specialised in turning promising players into masters. The secret of his success were his dedication and enthusiasm as a teacher combined with his outstanding training materials. ‘Pancha’ provided his pupils with systematic knowledge, deep understanding and the ability to take practical decisions. Now, Panchenko’s classic Mastering Chess Middlegames is for the first time available in translation, giving club-players around the world access to this unique training method. The book contains a collection of inspiring lessons on the most important middlegame topics: attack, defence, counterplay, realising the advantage, obstructing the plans of your opponent, the battle of the heavy pieces, and much more. In each chapter, Panchenko clearly identifies the various aspects of the topic, formulates easy-to-grasp rules, presents a large number of well-chosen examples and ends with a wealth of practical tests. The brilliance of Alexander Panchenko’s didactic method shines through in this book. It is hard to give better advice for ambitious chess players than to follow this tried-and-tested and highly instructive road towards mastering the chess middlegame.

Author : Alexander Panchenko
Publisher : New In Chess,Csi
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2016-01-07
Category : Chess
ISBN : 9056916092

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Mastering Chess Middlegames by Alexander Panchenko Pdf

Grandmaster Alexander Panchenko (1953-2009) was one of the most successful chess trainers in the Soviet Union, and later in Russia. He ran a legendary chess school that specialised in turning promising players into masters. Panchenko provided his pupils with systematic knowledge, deep understanding and the ability to take practical decisions. This book contains a collection of inspiring lessons on the most important middlegame topics: attack, defence, counterplay, realising the advantage, obstructing the plans of your opponent, the battle of the heavy pieces, and much more. Panchenko formulates easy-to-grasp rules, presents a large number of well-chosen examples and ends with a wealth of practical tests. It is hard to give better advice for ambitious chess players than to follow this tried-and-tested road towards mastering the chess middlegame.

Author : John Nunn
Publisher : Gambit Publications
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Chess
ISBN : 1906454272

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Understanding Chess Middlegames by John Nunn Pdf

The three-times World Chess Solving Champion distils the most useful middlegame concepts and knowledge into 100 lessons that everyone can understand. Following on from his successful Understanding Chess Endgames, John Nunn turns his attention to the middlegame - the phase of the chess battle where most games are decided, yet the one that has received the least systematic treatment from chess writers. With the outstanding clarity for which he is famous, Nunn breaks down complex problems into bite-sized pieces. In the case of attacking play, we are shown how to decide where to attack, and the specific methods that can be used to pursue the enemy king. Positional play is described in terms of the major structural issues, and how the pieces work around and with the pawns. Nunn explains how to assess when certain pieces are better than others, and how we can make use of this understanding at the board. Readers will never be short of a plan, whatever type of position arises. Each lesson features two inspiring examples from modern chess, annotated honestly and with a keen focus on the main instructive points. Both sides' ideas are emphasized, so we get a clear picture of the ways to disrupt typical plans as well as how to form them.

Author : Johan Hellsten
Publisher : Everyman Chess
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2024-05-25
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9781857448979

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Mastering Chess Strategy by Johan Hellsten Pdf

Grandmaster Johan Hellsten is convinced that mastering chess strategy - just like chess tactics - requires practice, practice and yet more practice! This outstanding book is a product of his many years' work as a full-time chess teacher, and is specifically designed as part of a structured training programme to improve strategic thinking. It focuses on a wide range of key subjects and provides a basic foundation for strategic play. Furthermore, in addition to the many examples, there's an abundance of carefully selected exercises which allow readers to monitor their progress and put into practice what they have just learned. Following such a course is an ideal way for players of all standards to improve. Although designed mainly for students, this book is also an excellent resource for chess teachers and trainers. An essential course in chess strategyContains over 400 pages of Grandmaster adviceIncludes more than 350 training exercises

Author : Ivan Sokolov
Publisher : New In Chess
Page : 562 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2024-01-30
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9789083382739

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Winning Chess Middlegames by Ivan Sokolov Pdf

Have you ever wondered why it takes grandmasters just seconds to see what's happening in a chess position? It's all about pawn structures, as Ivan Sokolov explained in his groundbreaking book Winning Chess Middlegames. In his 2010 bestseller, Grandmaster Sokolov focused on structures arising from 1.d4 openings; in this new companion guide, 1.e4 players get their turn. This new volume covers a dozen topical structures including various pawn formations in the flexible Ruy Lopez, Italian and Petroff openings. But also Black's doubled f-pawn in the Rauzer Sicilian, the notorious Maroczy Bind, the mysterious Hedgehog, the versatile Sveshnikov and the paradoxical French Winawer. Deeply analysed top-level games illustrate the motifs in all these structures. Club players who study Winning Chess Middlegames 1.e4 or 1.d4 will: significantly improve their middlegame skills develop an accurate sense of which positions suit their style gain new strategic and practical knowledge of openings Ivan Sokolov's analysis is profound but accessible, and he doesn't take anything for granted. As reviewer Sean Marsh wrote of the first volume: "The lucid and informative explanations convey a large amount of genuine Grandmasterly wisdom. This is easily one of the best middlegame books of recent times."

Author : Paul Keres,Aleksandr Kotov
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1989-12-01
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9780486261546

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The Art of the Middle Game by Paul Keres,Aleksandr Kotov Pdf

Provides information on the middle game, covering such topics as attacking the king, pawn structure, and defense.

Author : Daniel Naroditsky
Publisher : New In Chess
Page : 429 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2015-07-16
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9789056915605

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Mastering Positional Chess by Daniel Naroditsky Pdf

Mastering Positional Chess is a serious, but entertaining chess instruction book. Daniel started writing it when he realized that his lack of positional understanding was causing him to lose many games.

Author : Angus Dunnington
Publisher : Lyons Press
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Games
ISBN : 1857442288

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Mastering the Middlegame by Angus Dunnington Pdf

This book enables keen students to improve their understanding of the middlegame. It develops themes originally discussed in Improve Your Middlegame Play.

Author : Neil McDonald
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Games
ISBN : LCCN:52034407

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Concise Chess Middlegames by Neil McDonald Pdf

In this easy-to-read pocket-sized guide, Grandmaster Neil McDonald concentrates on the fundamentals of middlegame play in chess. He provides simply enough material so that readers can enter this part of the game with the knowledge and confidence required.

Author : John Littlewood
Publisher : Batsford Books
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2016-12-08
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9781849944106

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How to Play the Middle Game in Chess by John Littlewood Pdf

The first edition of this book was widely hailed as one of the most useful guides to the middle game ever written. nRewritten to incorporate new material from contemporary tournaments, this classic work now steps into the 21st century. Along with over 300 instructive and entertaining examples, Littlewood offers a wealth of general advice and specific hints at the end of each chapter. Taking a fresh and original approach, he inspires the reader - club and tournament players - to look at chess in an imaginative and creative way.

Author : I͡Uriĭ Averbakh,Yuri Averbakh
Publisher : Everyman Chess
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Games
ISBN : 1857441257

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Chess Middlegames by I͡Uriĭ Averbakh,Yuri Averbakh Pdf

In this companion volume to his classic 'Chess Endings: Essential Knowledge, ' Grandmaster Averbakh takes the reader through the various steps to success in the middlegame. He explains the tactical skills and positional strategies that every chessplayer needs to master. Topics covered include coordinating the pieces, attack and defence, combinations and sacrifices, and much more. Yuri Averbakh is a former Soviet champion and world championship candidate. He is also the author of the five-volume treatise 'Comprehensive Chess Endings' (also translated by Ken Neat) and the perennially popular 'Chess Endings: Essential Knowledge.' (5 3/4' X 8 1/4', 112 pages, illustrations

Author : László Polgár
Publisher : Konemann-Ellipsis
Page : 1015 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Games
ISBN : 3895086835

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Middlegames by László Polgár Pdf

Author : Boris Zlotznik
Publisher : New In Chess
Page : 859 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2020-11-25
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9789056919276

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Zlotnik's Middlegame Manual by Boris Zlotznik Pdf

If you want to improve your middlegame play, you will have to develop a FEEL for positions. That’s what Boris Zlotnik has been stressing during his long and rich trainer’s career. Clicking through concrete variations (a popular pastime in the computer era) is not enough. To guide your thinking during a game you should be able to fall back on a reservoir of typical ideas and methods. That is exactly what this book offers you: Zlotnik’s legendary study material about the middlegame, modernized, greatly extended and published in the English language for the first time. As you familiarize yourself with the most important strategic ideas and manoeuvres in important basic opening structures, you will need less time to discover the clues in middlegame positions. You will find it so much easier to steer your game in the right direction after the opening has ended. Zlotnik’s Middlegame Manual is accessible to a wide range of post-beginners and club players. It is your passport to a body of instructive material of unparalleled quality, collected during a lifetime of training and coaching chess. A large collection of exercises, carefully chosen and didactically tuned, will help you drill what you have learned. With a foreword by Fabiano Caruana.

Author : International Master Arthur van de Oudeweetering
Publisher : New In Chess
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2014-11-19
Category : Games
ISBN : 9789056915421

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Improve Your Chess Pattern Recognition by International Master Arthur van de Oudeweetering Pdf

Pattern recognition is one of the most important mechanisms of chess improvement. This is well known. But what does pattern recognition actually mean? And how can you improve at it? If you realize a position has similarities with something you have seen before, you are recognizing a pattern. This helps you to get to the essence of a position quickly and find the most promising continuation. To get better at recognizing chess patterns, knowing which positions are worth remembering will save lots of time and energy. In this book IM Arthur van de Oudeweetering supplies building blocks for your chess knowledge. In short chapters he presents lots of well-defined subjects, easy to remember because of their specific elements. After working with this book you will experience something wonderful: your mind and memory will be triggered much easier and more frequently. An increasing number of positions, pawn structures and piece placements will automatically activate your chess knowledge. As a result, you will simply find the right move more often and more quickly!

Author : Peter Romanovsky
Publisher : Chess Classics
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Chess
ISBN : 1907982485

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Soviet Middlegame Technique by Peter Romanovsky Pdf

"The original version of this famous guide to the middlegame was published in 1929 when Romanovsky was Soviet champion ... His writing was later translated into English and published in two titles - one on Planning and the other on Combinations. In this fresh translation we have included both works to create the ultimate version of a classic of Soviet chess literature."--Back cover.