Winning Chess Middlegames - Volume 1 (Revised)

Haben Sie sich schon einmal gefragt, wie Großmeister in Sekundenschnelle erkennen können, was in einer Schachstellung wirklich Sache ist? Alles nur eine Strukturfrage, wie Ivan Solokov in diesem bahnbrechenden Werk erklärt.Die hohe Schule des Mittelspiels im Schach beschäftigt sich mit dem oft stiefmütterlich behandelten, aber ausgesprochen wichtigen Thema von Bauernstrukturen, die in vier Haupttypen unterteilt werden: Doppelbauern, isolierte Bauern, hängende Bauern und Bauernmajoritäten.Das vorliegende Buch hilft dem Leser mit leicht verständlichen verbalen Erklärungen und tiefgründigen Analysen dabei, die Grundprobleme des Mittelspiels zu lösen: Raum, Spannung und Initiative.

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.<BR><BR>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.<BR><BR>Club players who study Winning Chess Middlegames 1.e4 or 1.d4 will:<BR><BR>significantly improve their middlegame skills<BR><BR>develop an accurate sense of which positions suit their style<BR><BR>gain new strategic and practical knowledge of openings<BR><BR>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."