Find the Right Plan With Anatoly Karpov
Can average chess players learn to plan their games like a grandmaster? Anatoly Karpov—the winningest world champion in history—says yes! With examples from his own matches, he breaks planning down into logical steps: evaluate the position, mobilize your forces, guard against threats to your king, control open lines. Through an orderly process, the attentive student will arrive at not just a plan, but the right plan. And as Karpov himself says, “Finding the right plan is the key to success....
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Can average chess players learn to plan their games like a grandmaster? Anatoly Karpov—the winningest world champion in history—says yes! With examples from his own matches, he breaks planning down into logical steps: evaluate the position, mobilize your forces, guard against threats to your king, control open lines. Through an orderly process, the attentive student will arrive at not just a plan, but the right plan. And as Karpov himself says, “Finding the right plan is the key to success.” Warmly and accessibly written, the book is an irresistible invitation to absorb a bit of the Karpov magic.
A correct plan is the route to success 5Chapter 1 With the sources 7Chapter 2 Evaluating a position. Reference points 21Chapter 3 The attractiveness of a concrete goal 35Chapter 4 Reference point - Open lines 51Breakthrough in the centre 51Between the centre and the flank 56Attack on the edge of the board 59Dangerous diagonals 65Chapter 5 Pawn structure. Weak and strong squares 68Chapter 6 The centre and space 97Closed centre 98Mobile centre 105Open centre 108Static centre 114Dynamic centre 118Chapter 7 The most important law of chess 122Seven bases for restriction 123A lasso for the knight 127'Club-12''A golden dozen of studies' 135The bishop hunt 141'Club-12' 154'A golden dozen of studies' 158How difficult it is to be a rook 160'Club-12' 174'A golden dozen of studies' 177The queen: thorns and roses 179'Club-12' 196'A golden dozen of studies' 202The obstinate pawn 204'Club-12' 206'A golden dozen of studies' 209Kings under arrest 211'Club-12' 214'A golden dozen of studies' 217Zugzwang 220A page of studies 232Solutions 234A lasso for the knight 234The bishop hunt 237How difficult it is to be a rook 239The queen: thorns and roses 242The obstinate pawn 244Kings under arrest 247
