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!
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!
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!