Secrets of Positional Chess

How to Exploit Strengths and Weaknesses on the Chessboard

Secrets of Positional Chess
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Author: Drazen Marovic
Publication Date: January 1, 2003


Publisher: Gambit
Author: Drazen Marovic
Year of Publication: 2003

Pages: 224
Notation Type: Figurine (FAN)


Book DescriptionWhat is Positional Chess and why is it important? In this book, Drazen Marovic tackles the concept of positional address and presents it in an easy-to-understand way that is sure to improve your performance on the chessboard. By discussing carefully-chosen games and positions, Marovic explains how to recognize good and bad features of positions, and how to make use of one's advantages and exploit the opponent's weaknesses. One repeatedly sees 'weaknesses' that are unexploitable (and therefore are not weaknesses at all), possibilities of surrendering certain squares in order to gain more important ones, and material sacrifices to exploit major weaknesses. Topics include: outposts; strength and weakness on files and diagonals; vulnerabilities on the first and second ranks; static weakness and attack; and characteristics of the pieces.

Drazen Marovic is a grandmaster from Croatia, who has won medals as both player and trainer for various national teams. His pupils include Bojan Kurajica, World Under-20 Champion in 1965, and Al Modiahki of Qatar, the first Arabian grandmaster. Marovic has a wealth of experience as a writer, editor and television commentator on chess. He is currently the trainer of the Croatian national team.

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