Publisher's Synopsis
Including 50 annotated games, with other games exemplifying the theoretical sections, this book is packed with 419 diagrams. It covers all aspects of the game including: the centre, the pawn chain, overprotection, doubled pawn restraint, blockade, the isolated d-pawn, the passed pawn, positional play and the centre, open files, exchanging, endgame strategy, the 7th and 8th ranks, discovered check, maneouvring against weaknesses and the two bishops.