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Bibliography 7 Preface 9

Introduction 11

1 Basic Concepts of Strategy

13

Introduction 13

A review of the concepts 13

2 Improving the Pieces

28

The bishop 28

The knight 44

The rook 59

The queen 73

The king 78

The bishop pair 86

3 Exchanges

95

Realizing a material advantage 95

Realizing a positional advantage 98

Eliminating key pieces 103

Facilitating an attack 107

Facilitating the defence 112

Reducing enemy activity 116

Series of exchanges 124

Dynamic exchanges 128

4 Pawn Play

134

Gaining space 134

Creating weaknesses 142

Passed pawns 156

Pawn majorities 168

Pawn chains 179

Dynamics 190

5 Prophylaxis

204

Restriction 204

Prophylaxis 211

Provocation 222

6 Miscellaneous

232

Weak squares 232

Weak pawns 239

Doubled pawns 249

Blockade 259

The initiative 273

The link between tactics and strategy 288

Exercises

299

1-20: The bishop 301

21-40: The knight 304

41-60: The rook 307

61-69: The queen 311

70-81: The king 312

82-90: The bishop pair 315

91-96: Exchanges- material advantage 316

97-104: Exchanges- positional advantage 317

105-114: Exchanges - key pieces 319

115-126: Exchanges- attack 321

127-136: Exchanges- defence 323

137-148: Exchanges- activity 325

149-154: Series of exchanges 327

155-162: Dynamic exchanges 328

163-174: Gaining space 329

175-192: Creating weaknesses 331

193-208: Passed pawns 334

209-218: Pawn majorities 337

219-228: Pawn chains 338

229-246: Dynamics 340

247-266: Restriction 343

267-286: Prophylaxis 347

287-306: Provocation 350

307-314: Weak squares 353

315-324: Weak pawns 355

325-334: Doubled pawns 356

335-350: Blockade 358

351-366: The initiative 361

367-382: The link between tactics and strategy 363

Solutions 367

Index of players 482
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