11 Mar 07
Originally posted by bassoIf you search for "chess+openings" in google the first few results give you some food for thought.
"Behind each opening there is a middlegame plan." OK, that seems reasonable. But how and where can one learn what those middlegame plans are for each opening? I have "The Ideas Behind the Openings," which promises to give me what I'm looking for, but doesn't. Help!
11 Mar 07
Originally posted by bassoThere is no complete answer to this question, but a good place to start is to work out which typical pawn structures engender which typical plans. For instance, why does the QGD Exchange lend itself to a minority attack?
"Behind each opening there is a middlegame plan." OK, that seems reasonable. But how and where can one learn what those middlegame plans are for each opening? I have "The Ideas Behind the Openings," which promises to give me what I'm looking for, but doesn't. Help!
11 Mar 07
There are gazillions of lines of openings and the theory behind them well documented, so we cannot reinvent the wheel. If he had a problem with say the Marshall or the Budapest Gambit then we may well chip in. He does appear to know one or two opening lines from a cursory glance at his games.
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11 Mar 07
Originally posted by bassopick up soltis' pawn structure in chess, one of many on this chess book genre.
"Behind each opening there is a middlegame plan." OK, that seems reasonable. But how and where can one learn what those middlegame plans are for each opening? I have "The Ideas Behind the Openings," which promises to give me what I'm looking for, but doesn't. Help!