Techniques of Positional Play: 45 Practical Methods to Gain the Upper Hand in Chess

by Valeri Bronznik, Anatoli Terekhin

Opening preparation is useful, but understanding the middlegame is much more important. This book, an improved edition of a Russian classic, teaches amateur chess players 45 extremely effective skills in a crystal-clear manner.

Quite a few of the ideas presented here will surprise the reader, because they offer solutions for problems the club player is only subconsciously aware. How do you activate your rook pawn? How do you prevent your opponent from opening a file? How do you restrict the efficacy of your opponents pieces? Which rook belongs on the c-, d- or e-file? What is the best way to exchange a piece? How do you castle artificially?
In most cases the techniques are easy to understand and memorize. Bronznik and Terekhin do not burden the reader with deep analysis and only present those variations that are really necessary to get the point. There is a special training section at the end of the book where you can test your skills.

Genres: Chess

240 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2005

Reviews

[داریوش مجـــد · Rating 4 out of 5]

این کتاب به طرز چشمگیری مفید بود و دیدگاه و نگرش من نسبت به شطرنج را به کلی متحول کرد. بازی پوزیسیونی به خصوص زمانی کاربرد دارد که هیچ تاکتیک مشخصی در آینده نزدیک دیده نمی‌شود و اصول کلی آن بر مبنای تغییر جای مهره‌ها به موقعیت‌هایی است که در آینده دور سودمندتر خواهند بود. در سطوح بالاتر شطرنج، تقریباً ۹۰ درصد از بازی را مفاهیم پوزیسیونی تشکیل می‌دهد.

این کتاب به ویژه برای بازیکنانی با ریتینگ ۱۵۰۰ به بالا مناسب است و به عنوان کتابی پیشرفته محسوب می‌شود. من دوره کامل این کتاب را با پیتر هاین نیلسن، مربی مگنوس کارلسن، مطالعه کردم و دیدم که خیلی به درک بهتر من از مفاهیم پوزیسیونی کمک کرد.
لینک دوره: https://t.me/ChessWorldChess/29748

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[Jim]

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[Liquidlasagna · Rating 4 out of 5]

Silman says its good for 1500-2200 Rating

which in reality means 1400 to 2300 Elo!

[Goetz Holic · Rating 3 out of 5]

It is a quite good book; It does pretty much exactly what it claims to do on the cover.

For me, this book is overall 3 stars because learning isolated techniques will only help in certain positions. However, if you already have a good general understanding of the middlegame, then this might really help you out. The selection of themes is mostly great. I liked specifically the different approaches how to counter the typical f-pawn advances (e.g. in King's Indian settings) because I struggled against them in practical game situations in the past, despite the engine never giving them much credit.

[Steven · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great techniques indeed and plenty of examples, just really difficult to put into practice until they are internalized and become part of your technique.