Mastering Chess Middlegames

Publisher: New in Chess, 2015, Pages: 240, Paperback

"Lectures from the All-Russian School of Grandmasters"

Grandmaster Alexander Panchenko (1953-2009) was one of the most successful chess trainers in the Soviet Union, and later in Russia. He ran a legendary chess school that specialised in turning promising players into masters.

This book contains a collection of inspiring lessons on the most important middlegame topics.

Panchenko formulates easy-to-grasp rules, presents a large number of well-chosen examples and ends with a wealth of practical tests.

It is hard to give better advice for ambitious chess players than to follow this tried-and-tested road towards mastering the chess middlegame.