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A series of chess lessons which take the mystery out of long-term planning in chess. Chess Strategy for the Tournament Player is the fifth volume in Grandmaster Lev Alburt's Comprehensive Chess Course series. Endorsed by world champion Garry Kasparov as revealing "the once-secret Russian method of chess training," this uses only materials and techniques that worked well in the former USSR. It contains hundreds of strikingly beautiful positions arranged by difficulty and designed to sharpen tactical recognition and vision. Nothing is left to chance in this work. All materials have already shown their worth in Russian chess instruction.

As the fifth volume in GM Alburt's Comprehensive Chess Course, this book demystifies chessboard planning, giving you the practical, game-winning strategic techniques you could spend years gathering on your own. Each idea is explained and illustrated using games carefully chosen for their instructive clarity and power.

The goal of this very practical book is to show you how to play the middlegame correctly. We do this by acquainting you with the basis of chess strategy, and by demonstrating the laws of positional play with both classical and modern examples.

Whether you prefer "quiet" positions or wild, tactical melees, the methods you'll learn from this book can become the very foundation of your future success in chess.

Importantly, the strategy examined and explained in this book is applicable to all phases of chess--opening, middle game, and endgame. (Given today's emphasis on "specialty" books of all kinds, we could claim to give you "three books in one"!) Regardless of the fashions of opening sequences or the transient evaluations of specific, "hot" positions, the knowledge in this book can successfully guide your play for a lifetime. It distills centuries of the most important and practical strategic chess knowledge into twelve chapters.

The basis of modern positional, or strategic, play is the theory of the first World Chess Champion, Wilhelm Steinitz. His ideas have been further developed by Tarrasch, Nimzovich, Capablanca, Alekhine, Euwe, Botvinnik, Fischer, Karpov, Kasparov, and many others.

Before going any further, let's define a few terms. These definitions aren't absolutely rigid--but they're useful generalizations, and by themselves introduce important strategic concepts.

All operations should be undertaken with a certain goal, the object of attack, in mind. To swim without a goal is strategic confusion.--Grandmaster Aron Nimzovich

A plan is a visualized series of steps that make it possible to achieve a goal. Learning to plan is absolutely essential for every player who wishes to improve. Indeed, one of the attractions of chess is the way in which it teaches foresight and planning.

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