One of the most effective ways to improve your chess is to take a world class-player as your example. By collecting his games, studying his choices and examining his style, you will understand what made him rise to the very top.

This is what Guido Kern and Jurgen Kaufeld have done with Swedish chess legend Ulf Andersson, a positional genius with a crystal-clear style, who rose to the number 4 spot of the FIDE world rankings.

Kaufeld and Kern have selected 80 of Andersson's games and grouped them into 15 thematic strategy lessons, pinpointing exactly how the Swede made the difference in each case. Their instructive verbal explanations will improve your strategic skills and your positional feeling.

Every chess player knows how difficult it can be to convert an advantage into a win. Positional technique is what you need and Grandmaster Chess Strategy teaches you exactly that.

Content:
013 1) Playing against two weaknesses

030 2) An advantage in space

046 3) Control of the d-file

056 4) Prophylaxis

065 5) Playing against the Isolated Pawn

079 6) The bishop pair

091 7) An original exchange of Bishop for Knight

103 8) Fighting against the Hedgehog

113 9) The positional Exchange Sacrifice

128 10) The positional Queen Sacrifice

137 11) The art of defence

152 12) The Catalan Endgame

167 13) Rook endings

190 14) Rook and Minor piece

201 15) Minor piece endings

217 A short biography of Ulf Andersson

219 Index of games

220 Index of openings

221 Key to symbols used