Strategic Play

This third volume in Mark Dvoretsky's School of Chess Excellence series is devoted to questions of strategy aimed at improving the reader's positional understanding. The author also examines a number of positions that lie on the boundary between the middlegame and the endgame. As in the other books in the series, Dvoretsky uses examples from his own games and those of his pupils as well as episodes from other players' games.

Preface

7

(1)

Part six Positional Play

8

(133)

The logic of a positional battle

9

(10)

Which pawn to advance?

19

(4)

Undermining pawn moves

23

(7)

The blocking of passed pawns

30

(6)

The two bishops

36

(4)

An unusual exchange

40

(6)

Mistakes, mistakes

46

(8)

Advantage in space

54

(8)

Routes for the rook

62

(7)

Don't forget about prophylaxis!

69

(9)

`Mysterious' rook moves

78

(4)

Training with grandmasters

82

(8)

What is meant by a strategic plan?

90

(7)

How a plan is formulated

97

(5)

Clash of plans

102

(7)

The initiative

109

(11)

I seek a win

120

(10)

An `easy' win

130

(7)

Exercises for analysis

137

(4)

Part seven Simple Positions

141

(55)

Attack with a small army

143

(6)

Abundance of possibilities

149

(8)

A memorable loss

157

(7)

When technique lets you down

164

(5)

The scales tipped

169

(5)

A course in tactics

174

(4)

Defend actively!

178

(3)

Failure to take the initiative

181

(5)

Turning points

186

(8)

Exercises for analysis

194

(2)

Solutions to exercises

196

(33)

Appendix

Index of exercises by thinking skills and types of problems to be solved

229

(2)

Index of players

231

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