The Complete Book of Chess Strategy: Grandmaster Techniques from A to ZAn easy-to-understand guide to chess strategy -- conceptual planning -- has always been the amateur's dream. This book makes that dream a reality. This comprehensive guide in dictionary form, the first of its kind, makes all aspects of chess strategy quick, easy, and painlessly accessible to players of all degrees of strength. Each strategic concept is listed alphabetically and followed by a clear, easy-to-absorb explanation accompanied by examples of how this strategy is used in practice. Such great World Champions as Steinitz, Capablanca, Petrosian, Fischer, and Karpov have used these strategies in virtually all of their games. Now you can arm yourself with their weapons. As you incorporate these weapons into your own play, they will enrich your appreciation of the game and lead you to one beautiful victory after another. |
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active pieces advance advantage Alekhine's Alekhine's Defense allows Answer avoid backward pawn Black King Black plays Black to move Black's Rook blockade castled center pawns central chess closed positions counterplay create cxd4 d5-square dark-squared doubled pawns draw enemy King enemy pawn enemy pieces eventually exchange extra pawn followed forces Giuoco Piano gives Black gives White grab Grandmaster h-file HANGING PAWNS idea isolated pawn King's Indian Defense kingside attack lead in development LUCENA POSITION middlegame minor pieces Nbd7 open files opponent opponent's passed pawn pawn center pawn chain PAWN MAJORITY pawn structure perpetual check Petroff Defense possible pressure Queen Queen's Gambit Queen's Gambit Declined QUEENSIDE MAJORITY queenside space QUIZZES sacrifice side square stalemate strategy support point tactical threat threatens trade True or false usually weak White Knight White to move White to play White's center White's King White's pawn White's Rook ZWISCHENZUG