Winning Chess Middlegames by Ivan Sokolov

Winning Chess Middlegames by Ivan Sokolov

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."

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9789083382722
ISBN 10	9083382729
Title	Winning Chess Middlegames
Author	Ivan Sokolov
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	New in Chess
Year published	2024-04-01
Number of pages	304
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