It is very important for the practical player to train his or her ability, understand when to rely on intuition, rules of thumb and more general positional considerations, when to try to solve the problems by calculating variations to the end, and how to manage time to avoid time pressure.
With these goals in mind, Dvoretsky's Analytical Manualdelivers a lot of excellent, high quality training material and many exercises.
Content
004 Foreword
005 Introduction
010 Signs, Symbols, and Abbreviations
011 Part 1 Immersion in the Position
012 Chapter 1 Combinative Fireworks
025 Chapter 2 Chess Botany - The Trunk
032 Chapter 3 Chess Botany - The Shrub
038 Chapter 4 Chess Botany - Variational Debris
049 Chapter 5 Irrational Complications
061 Chapter 6 Surprises in Calculating Variations
069 Chapter 7 More Surprises in Calculating Variations
085 Part 2 Analyzing the Endgame
086 Chapter 8 Two Computer Analyses
093 Chapter 9 Zwischenzugs in the Endgame
098 Chapter 10 Play like a Computer
106 Chapter 11 Challenging Studies
113 Chapter 12 Studies for Practical Players
119 Chapter 13 Playing Out Endgame Studies
128 Chapter 14 Two Endgames of Anatoly Karpov
148 Part 3 Games for Training Purposes
149 Chapter 15 First Steps as a Trainer
154 Chapter 16 Questions about a Game
163 Chapter 17 Castling on Opposite Sides
171 Chapter 18 A Training Polygon
183 Chapter 19 Open Warfare
209 Part 4 Practical Psychology
211 Chapter 20 Should He Have Sacrificed?
221 Chapter 21 An Invitation to Analysis
230 Chapter 22 Chaos on Board
245 Chapter 23 Snatch a Pawn or Attack?
263 Chapter 24 A Battle of Opposites
277 Chapter 25 At the Grandmaster Level
309 Chapter 26 Experience versus Youth
325 Part 5 Lasker the Great
327 Chapter 27 How to Play a Pawn Down
333 Chapter 28 Immersion in a Classic
352 Chapter 29 Justified Greed
360 Chapter 30 Unjustified Greed
370 Chapter 31 Winning by Losing
382 Chapter 32 The Battle of Heavy Pieces
396 Chapter 33 A Historical Serial
424 Index of Games and Fragments
424 Index of Studies
With these goals in mind, Dvoretsky's Analytical Manualdelivers a lot of excellent, high quality training material and many exercises.
Content
004 Foreword
005 Introduction
010 Signs, Symbols, and Abbreviations
011 Part 1 Immersion in the Position
012 Chapter 1 Combinative Fireworks
025 Chapter 2 Chess Botany - The Trunk
032 Chapter 3 Chess Botany - The Shrub
038 Chapter 4 Chess Botany - Variational Debris
049 Chapter 5 Irrational Complications
061 Chapter 6 Surprises in Calculating Variations
069 Chapter 7 More Surprises in Calculating Variations
085 Part 2 Analyzing the Endgame
086 Chapter 8 Two Computer Analyses
093 Chapter 9 Zwischenzugs in the Endgame
098 Chapter 10 Play like a Computer
106 Chapter 11 Challenging Studies
113 Chapter 12 Studies for Practical Players
119 Chapter 13 Playing Out Endgame Studies
128 Chapter 14 Two Endgames of Anatoly Karpov
148 Part 3 Games for Training Purposes
149 Chapter 15 First Steps as a Trainer
154 Chapter 16 Questions about a Game
163 Chapter 17 Castling on Opposite Sides
171 Chapter 18 A Training Polygon
183 Chapter 19 Open Warfare
209 Part 4 Practical Psychology
211 Chapter 20 Should He Have Sacrificed?
221 Chapter 21 An Invitation to Analysis
230 Chapter 22 Chaos on Board
245 Chapter 23 Snatch a Pawn or Attack?
263 Chapter 24 A Battle of Opposites
277 Chapter 25 At the Grandmaster Level
309 Chapter 26 Experience versus Youth
325 Part 5 Lasker the Great
327 Chapter 27 How to Play a Pawn Down
333 Chapter 28 Immersion in a Classic
352 Chapter 29 Justified Greed
360 Chapter 30 Unjustified Greed
370 Chapter 31 Winning by Losing
382 Chapter 32 The Battle of Heavy Pieces
396 Chapter 33 A Historical Serial
424 Index of Games and Fragments
424 Index of Studies