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Bibliography 7
Preface 9
Introduction 11
Introduction 13
A review of the concepts 13
The bishop 28
The knight 44
The rook 59
The queen 73
The king 78
The bishop pair 86
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
Gaining space 134
Creating weaknesses 142
Passed pawns 156
Pawn majorities 168
Pawn chains 179
Dynamics 190
Restriction 204
Prophylaxis 211
Provocation 222
Weak squares 232
Weak pawns 239
Doubled pawns 249
Blockade 259
The initiative 273
The link between tactics and strategy 288
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 4821 Basic Concepts of Strategy
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2 Improving the Pieces
28
3 Exchanges
95
4 Pawn Play
134
5 Prophylaxis
204
6 Miscellaneous
232
Exercises
299
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