Flores Rios Mauricio. Chess Structure. A GrandMaster Guide. Standart Patterns and Plans Explained

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 Bibliographyd4 and...d5
The Isolani
Hanging Pawns
Caro-Kann Formation
Slav Formation
The Carlsbad Formation
Stonewall
Griinfeld Centre
Open Sicilian
NajdorfType I
NajdorfType II
The Hedgehog
The Maroczy
Benoni
Asymmetric Benoni
Symmetric Benoni
King's Indian
KIDType I
KIDType II
KIDType III
Open KID
KID Complex
French
FrenchType I
FrenchType II
FrenchType III
Miscellaneous
Various 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
Training
Exercises
Solutions
Name Index