Basic Principles of Strategy
2 Volume Set

Volume 1:
A comprehensive introduction to the secrets of chess strategy. With 68 extensively annotated games, this volume of the Basic Principles of Chess Strategy shows how to successfully treat the opening and middlegame. Everything about fast piece development, safety of the King and fighting for the center. Learn how to assess positions and how to find promising plans. Pros and cons of all pawn formations are presented in detail. Finally, you can check your fresh knowledge in ten test games with training tasks fighting against the clock.

Volume 3:
Alexey Bartashnikov dwells on the difficult art of manoeuvrings in equal positions and fighting for the initiative before demonstrating the correct transition from middlegame to the endgame. Here he emphasizes the importance of king activity in this last phase of the game, the role of pawns and how to successfully employ the principle of the two weakness. Finally you can check your freshly acquired knowledge in ten test games sweating against the clock.