Winning Chess Middlegames: An Essential Guide to Pawn Structures

by Ivan Sokolov

Finally this modern classic is back in print!Ever wondered why grandmasters take only seconds to see what's really going on in a chess position? It's all about structures, as Ivan Sokolov explains in this groundbreaking book.Winning Chess Middlegames addresses the often ignored but extremely important topic of pawn structures, divided into 4 main doubled pawns, isolated pawns, hanging pawns and pawn majorities.With its highly accessible verbal explanations and deep analyses of top-level games, this book helps you to solve the basic problems of the space, tension and inititative.Club players studying Winning Chess Middlegames greatly enhance their middlegame skills-- develop an accurate feeling as to which particular positions suit their style-- acquire new strategic and practical opening knowledgeIvan Sokolov explains matters profoundly, honestly and objectively, and includes lots of inside stories from top-level chess, neither sparing his collegue grandmasters nor himself in his comments.

Genres: Chess

288 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 25, 2009