Modern Chess Planning
MODERN CHESS PLANNING (Efstratios Grivas)
144 pages (248 mm by 172 mm).
£14.99/$24.95/€23,45
Good planning is central to good chess. A plan gives meaning to manoeuvres and tactical devices, forming a coherent whole that brings us closer to our goals. The modern understanding of chess planning has evolved considerably since the days of the "grand plan", whereby a player might even try to map out the whole course of the game. Nowadays, top-class players appreciate that the opponent's ideas also deserve respect, and our own plans must take them into account too. Modern grandmasters plan with great purpose but also flexibly, ready to adjust or even change direction completely when the situation demands it.
Grivas provides 75 superb practical examples where it is important to make the right plan. Once the critical position is reached, he guides you through the options and challenges you to find the right path. Detailed solutions are provided, with a full discussion of the pros and cons of the various options.
Grandmaster Efstratios Grivas lives in Athens and is also an International Arbiter and Organizer. He has represented his country on a great many occasions, winning an individual gold medal at the 1989 European Team Championship and an individual silver medal at the 1998 Olympiad. He is a FIDE Senior Trainer and an experienced writer. This is his sixth book for Gambit.
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"Grandmaster Efstratios Grivas provides the reader in his latest Gambit book with a exciting collection of 75 practical examples where the reader is invited to find the correct plan of play. Grivas does not leave you alone with a complicated position but he guides the reader with a clear explained selection of possibilities. After the test the reader must take a good look at the solutions: it is all very well explained by the great chess teacher Efstratios Grivas! Conclusion: A fine test book on logical planning!" - John Elburg,
"The experience gained from working on the wide range of positions included will be sure to develop a more professional approach towards planning in chess as well as significantly help the reader find the best plans faster in his or her own games. Highly recommended." - Andy May,
"The reader is presented with a short verbal summary of the main characteristics of the given position, and is asked to choose the best plan from three suggestions, all of which are at first sight plausible continuations. In order to find the best plan the reader must first delve more deeply into the position. Solutions are given at the back of the book, with points awarded for the different possibilities. There is also a chart at the end of the book on which you can record your points for each position, and convince yourself that you really are GM material! ... Have a go yourself. I think that you will find it a worthwhile experience." - Alan Sutton, En Passant
" The Greek GM, who has become a regular for the Gambit team, presents 75 tests, 50 of them derived from his own games. Each test has one page and a key position with a diagram. A prose overview is given and then three choices are offered. ... The back of the book offers not only detailed solutions but also what was wrong with the alternatives. Modern Chess Planning offers the aspiring student an excellent opportunity to improve their planing ability through active study." - IM John Donaldson,
