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GMs know the rooks should be on d1 and e1, keeping the major pieces on the board; Black wants to trade off the major pieces and be left with minor ones as he has a prospective outside passed pawn. It is helpful for the player who has the passed pawn to have as many open files as possible around this pawn.
16 wrz 2023 · Enter “5 Must Know Pawn Structures for Club Players”, a comprehensive guide by GM Marian Petrov that delves into the complexities of pawn structures and how they shape your game in 3 detailed video chapters.
9 gru 2019 · A chess club is the center of organized chess. Clubs provide players an opportunity to play casually, socialize, and participate in tournaments (both rated and unrated).
28 mar 2017 · In Chess Strategy for Club Players you will learn the basic elements of positional understanding: pawn structure, piece placement, lead in development, open files, weaknesses, space advantage...
In Chapters 1-9 you will learn and practice how to win with the most fundamental tactics: Eliminating the defence, Double attack, and so on. In Chapter 10, you are invited to take the opposite side, and required to defend against such tactics. Here, you will be facing your own newly-acquired weapons!
In the two years after that, the two sequels appeared, and it became clear that William Steinitz’s Table of strategic elements provided club players with good ‘stepping-stones’ for a better understanding of the foundations of chess strategy.
How is this book organized? As in my previous book, 1001 Chess Exercises for Club Players (New In Chess, 2019), I have listed the chapters according to their themes and sub-themes. In Chapters 1-10, you will find a sub-theme or a question below each diagram. Within each sub-theme, the exercises are arranged in order of difficulty.
