Foxy 186: How to Evaluate Positions & Create Plans (Part 2)

A Step-by-Step Guide: How to Assess Any Position & Create a Plan, Part 2 (Download)

The development of middlegame skills is an important part of the chess improvement process. If you can look at a position, any position and assess it correctly, the chances are you will find a good move or plan and be able to advance towards victory. Soon this all-new Foxy video, this is exactly what IM and FIDE Senior Trainer Andrew Martin will try to help you to achieve.

A wide range of middlegame topics is covered, using games from the present day, many from the present year. You are invited in all cases to find a plan and assess the position at critical moments during these games. This is a DVD where if you put the work in, you will get a lot out of it. Or take a more relaxed approach and just enjoy a fine selection of master games, easily and masterfully explained.

Run time: 2 hours 48 minutes

Part 2:

Opposite side Castling
Sacrificing to open enemy King
Pawn Storming
Clashing Plans
Short and Long Turn Planning
When to stop your opponents counter play before proceeding with your plan
Open Files looking for Targets and counter play
Benefits of Space - Better choices of plans, better piece placement, and better opportunity to launch tactics