By Efstratios Grivas
Reliable making plans is relevant to solid chess. A plan provides aspiring to manoeuvres and tactical units, forming a coherent complete that brings us towards our objectives. the trendy figuring out of chess making plans has developed significantly because the days of the ''grand plan'', wherein a participant may even attempt to map out the total process the sport. these days, top-class avid gamers enjoy that the opponent's principles additionally deserve recognize, and our personal plans needs to take them into consideration too. sleek grandmasters plan with nice goal but in addition flexibly, able to modify or perhaps swap path thoroughly while the location calls for it.
Grivas offers seventy five wonderful useful examples the place you will need to make the appropriate plan. as soon as the serious place is reached, he courses you thru the choices and demanding situations you in finding the ideal course. exact strategies are supplied, with a whole dialogue of the professionals and cons of a few of the recommendations.
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Black can do little to create counterplay, as a future advance with . . b5 will only weaken his queen side, while I can easily defend mine with �e2. My kingside a ctivity will be more impor tant than any Black can create. iLa 3 �e8 12 �b 3 (D) Black to play Judgement: Here we � gaj n enter the game at a late opening phase. Both sides have tried to de velop harmoniously, but with different ideas about their middlegame plans on their minds. White expects that his pressure on the queenside will prove effective, while Black is relying on his strong central pawns.
L:tad 1 and lbd4, with strong pressure in the centre and on the queenside. lic6 IS liJf4 liJeS 16 f3 1Ue8 17 l:tael (D) Black to play Judgement: White's opening treatment was surely not a success. White made it clear that a draw was his main aim, but it is well known that if you want to split the point with a stronger player, you have to be active and force him in a worse position; you have to deliver the message that he might be in trouble! An equal position is bread and butter for the stronger player, as he can go on testing his opponent without too much risk.
L:tfb824 �fcl bxa4 25 �xa4 �h726 �a 3 liJd7 27 liJc4 (D) Black to play Judgement: Black has won the a-pawn thanks to some fine play in the opening and a little help from his opponent! But White has reacted quite well after this unfortunate moment (losing the pawn) and has created dangerous counterplay, mainly on the queenside. His compensation also consists of the bishop-pair and some weak squares in Black's camp, notably d6 and b6. Also, the b4-knight seems to lack targets. Black should be careful not to find himself on the losing end.