Practical Chess Tutor – From Basics to Mastery 2 Artistic Chess Pieces 5 - De Dovitiis

5 - De Dovitiis

Only a small part of the book contains some forcing positions that need more in the way of ‘memorising’

The playing surface is small enough to not be in the way

How to play against the Sicilian Alapin

and so in like manner with the other pieces

Practical Chess Tutor – From Basics to Mastery 2 Artistic Chess Pieces 5 - De DovitiisThis book is a complete manual of chess strategy for club players, with some introductory tactical themes at the very end of the book. All the crucial elements of strategy are examined in great detail by examining the most instructive classical and modern games (100 games in total). Strategic themes we focus on are: strong and weak squares, open file, center, exchanging and improving of the pieces, bishop pair, bishop versus knight situations, various