Techniques of Positional Play
45 Practical Methods ...

•  Improved edition of a Russian instructional Classic

• Teaches amateur chess players 45 extremely effective skills in a crystal-clear manner.

• The techniques are easy to understand and to memorize

• With a special training section to test the reader’s new skills

Paul Kane, Manchester Chess Federation

Content:

006 Symbols

007 Introduction

009 Chapter 1 Restricting the enemy pieces

050 Chapter 2 Create breathing space for your pieces

066 Chapter 3 The clash between pawn formations

082 Chapter 4 The rook pawn - an underrated fighter

106 Chapter 5 Techniques in the fight for an open file

125 Chapter 6 Some aspects of piece exchanges

142 Chapter 7 Working with the King

170 Chapter 8 Developing and activating pieces

196 Chapter 9 Along the diagonals

220 Chapter 10 Other methods

226 Chapter 11 Practical exercises

233 Solutions to the exercises

246 Index of players

250 Index of Techniques

252 Openings and types of position

254 Bibliography