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Chess Strategy
for the
Tournament Player
by
GM Lev Alburt
and
GM Sam Palatnik
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Published by Fictionwise, Inc.
Distribution to the book trade in North America by: . Norton, 500
Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
Editing Services: OutExcel! Corp., Al Lawrence, President
Technical Editor: Mark Ishee
Special Editorial Consultant: Roman Pelts
Translator: Olga Palatnik
Proofreaders: Daphne Lawrence, Willem Tissot, Peter Kurzdorfer
Cover: Mark Kostabi’s painting, “Concentration”
Copyright ©1997. Lev Alburt and Sam Palatnik.
All rights reserved.
This ebook is licensed only to the original purchaser. Making copies of it,
or distributing it to other people using any method is a violation of
international copyright law and subjects the violator to severe fines and/or
imprisonment.
This book is also available in print as ISBN 1-889323-05-5.
Originally published by:
Chess Information and Research Center
. Box 534
Gracie Station
New York, NY 10028
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INTRODUCTION
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 e the very foundation of your future
ess 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 essfully 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 strat