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The Complete Manual of Positional Chess Vol. 2: Middlegame Structures and Dynamics
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- Sakaev K. & Landa K.
- New In Chess
- 368 blz.
- New In Chess
- 2017
Russia boasts a long and rich tradition in chess education, and Russian chess teachers and trainers are simply the best in the world.
The Complete Manual of Positional Chess , probably the most thorough grounding in the history of teaching chess, was recently created for chess teachers at the DYSS, the special sports school for young talents in Russia.
Konstantin Sakaev and Konstantin Landa present a complete set of instructions and tips for trainers and self-improvers. You will learn not only how to enhance your fundamental knowledge and technical skills, but also how to work on your physical and psychological conditioning.
You are handed basic and advanced tools to improve in a wide array of areas:
Content
007 Introduction
017 Part I - ‘Pawns are the soul of chess’
018 Chapter 1: The passed pawn
023 Chapter 2: The protected passed pawn
028 Chapter 3: Blockading a passed pawn
037 Chapter 4: A pawn wedge in the enemy camp
041 Chapter 5: Queening pawns
045 Chapter 6: Blockading the pawn chain
050 Chapter 7: Breaking up a pawn chain
060 Chapter 8: Backward pawns
063 Chapter 9: Doubled pawns
071 Chapter 10: Isolated pawns
077 Chapter 11: Connected pawns
084 Chapter 12: Hanging pawns
087 Chapter 13: A pawn majority/minority in a certain area of the board . The Minority Attack
090 Chapter 14: Weakening the opponent’s pawn structure
097 Chapter 15: Pawn breaks
104 Chapter 16: Destroying the enemy pawn centre
108 Chapter 17: A blow at the most heavily-defended point
117 Chapter 18: The solidity of the king’s cover
121 Chapter 19: The attack with the rook’s pawn
131 Chapter 20: Destroying the king’s pawn cover
141 Part II - Dynamics
142 Chapter 21: Open attack
143 Chapter 22: Discovered check and discovered attacks
146 Chapter 23: Transferring forces
151 Chapter 24: Opening lines
156 Chapter 25: The pin
165 Chapter 26: The fork
168 Chapter 27: The double attack
171 Chapter 28: Interference 171
175 Chapter 29: Deflection
180 Chapter 30: Overloading pieces
184 Chapter 31: The seesaw
186 Chapter 32: The ‘Lasker Combination’
190 Chapter 33: Smothered mate
191 Chapter 34: Trapping pieces
199 Chapter 35: Back-rank weakness
203 Chapter 36: The sacrifice on h7 (h2)
205 Chapter 37: The attack on f7 (f2)
210 Chapter 38: Blockading
214 Chapter 39: The importance of the seventh rank
217 Chapter 40: The attack on the uncastled king
230 Chapter 41: The attack on the king
240 Chapter 42: Drawing out the king
245 Chapter 43: The king in a mating net
251 Chapter 44: The attack on opposite flanks/opposite-side castling
265 Chapter 45: Bringing unused pieces into the attack
270 Chapter 46: Eliminating defenders
273 Chapter 47: Exploiting diagonals
284 Chapter 48: Intermediate moves
291 Chapter 49: Luring enemy pieces to bad squares
294 Chapter 50: Freeing squares and lines for the attack
297 Chapter 51: Unstable position of pieces, X-rays
302 Chapter 52: Quiet moves/prophylaxis in the middle of an attack
309 Chapter 53: The counterattack
315 Chapter 54: The counterblow
321 Chapter 55: Unexpected possibilities .‘Long’ moves
331 Chapter 56: The intuitive sacrifice
339 Chapter 57: The positional sacrifice
350 Chapter 58: Positions with non-standard material balance
360 Index of games
The Complete Manual of Positional Chess , probably the most thorough grounding in the history of teaching chess, was recently created for chess teachers at the DYSS, the special sports school for young talents in Russia.
Konstantin Sakaev and Konstantin Landa present a complete set of instructions and tips for trainers and self-improvers. You will learn not only how to enhance your fundamental knowledge and technical skills, but also how to work on your physical and psychological conditioning.
You are handed basic and advanced tools to improve in a wide array of areas:
- handling different pawn structures
- exploiting weaknesses in your opponent's position
- attacking the enemy king
- detecting dynamics and tactical motifs
- finding resources for defence and counterattack in precarious positions and, last but not least:
- restricting the role the chess computer plays in your life.
Content
007 Introduction
017 Part I - ‘Pawns are the soul of chess’
018 Chapter 1: The passed pawn
023 Chapter 2: The protected passed pawn
028 Chapter 3: Blockading a passed pawn
037 Chapter 4: A pawn wedge in the enemy camp
041 Chapter 5: Queening pawns
045 Chapter 6: Blockading the pawn chain
050 Chapter 7: Breaking up a pawn chain
060 Chapter 8: Backward pawns
063 Chapter 9: Doubled pawns
071 Chapter 10: Isolated pawns
077 Chapter 11: Connected pawns
084 Chapter 12: Hanging pawns
087 Chapter 13: A pawn majority/minority in a certain area of the board . The Minority Attack
090 Chapter 14: Weakening the opponent’s pawn structure
097 Chapter 15: Pawn breaks
104 Chapter 16: Destroying the enemy pawn centre
108 Chapter 17: A blow at the most heavily-defended point
117 Chapter 18: The solidity of the king’s cover
121 Chapter 19: The attack with the rook’s pawn
131 Chapter 20: Destroying the king’s pawn cover
141 Part II - Dynamics
142 Chapter 21: Open attack
143 Chapter 22: Discovered check and discovered attacks
146 Chapter 23: Transferring forces
151 Chapter 24: Opening lines
156 Chapter 25: The pin
165 Chapter 26: The fork
168 Chapter 27: The double attack
171 Chapter 28: Interference 171
175 Chapter 29: Deflection
180 Chapter 30: Overloading pieces
184 Chapter 31: The seesaw
186 Chapter 32: The ‘Lasker Combination’
190 Chapter 33: Smothered mate
191 Chapter 34: Trapping pieces
199 Chapter 35: Back-rank weakness
203 Chapter 36: The sacrifice on h7 (h2)
205 Chapter 37: The attack on f7 (f2)
210 Chapter 38: Blockading
214 Chapter 39: The importance of the seventh rank
217 Chapter 40: The attack on the uncastled king
230 Chapter 41: The attack on the king
240 Chapter 42: Drawing out the king
245 Chapter 43: The king in a mating net
251 Chapter 44: The attack on opposite flanks/opposite-side castling
265 Chapter 45: Bringing unused pieces into the attack
270 Chapter 46: Eliminating defenders
273 Chapter 47: Exploiting diagonals
284 Chapter 48: Intermediate moves
291 Chapter 49: Luring enemy pieces to bad squares
294 Chapter 50: Freeing squares and lines for the attack
297 Chapter 51: Unstable position of pieces, X-rays
302 Chapter 52: Quiet moves/prophylaxis in the middle of an attack
309 Chapter 53: The counterattack
315 Chapter 54: The counterblow
321 Chapter 55: Unexpected possibilities .‘Long’ moves
331 Chapter 56: The intuitive sacrifice
339 Chapter 57: The positional sacrifice
350 Chapter 58: Positions with non-standard material balance
360 Index of games