Glasgow: Quality Chess UK Ltd., 2015. — 461 p. — Paperback ISBN 978-1-78483-000-7. — Hardcover ISBN 978-1-78483-001-4.
Mauricio Flores Rios provides an in-depth study of the 28 most common structures in chess practice. In Chess Structures: A Grandmaster Guide you will find:
Carefully selected model games showing each structure’s main plans and ideas
Strategic patterns to observe and typical pitfalls to avoid
50 positional exercises with detailed solutions
Foreword by Axel Bachmann
Keys to Symbols used and Bibliography
d4 and...d5The Isolani
Hanging Pawns
Caro-Kann Formation
Slav Formation
The Carlsbad Formation
Stonewall
Griinfeld Centre
Open SicilianNajdorfType I
NajdorfType II
The Hedgehog
The Maroczy
BenoniAsymmetric Benoni
Symmetric Benoni
King's IndianKIDType I
KIDType II
KIDType III
Open KID
KID Complex
FrenchFrenchType I
FrenchType II
FrenchType III
MiscellaneousVarious Structures
The 3-3 vs. 4-2 Structure
The Panov Structure
The Dragon Formation
The Scheveningen Structure
The Benko Structure
The Closed Ruy Lopez
The Lopez Formation
TrainingExercises
Solutions
Name Index