Panchenko Alexander. Mastering Chess Middlegames: Lectures from the All-Russian School of Grandmasters

Chessable, Courses, Chess Strategy, May 21, 2018; New In Chess, 2015. — 615 p. — ISBN: 978-90-5691-609-1.Grandmaster Alexander Panchenko (1953-2009) was one of the most successful chess trainers in the Soviet Union, and later in Russia. His legendary chess school specialised in turning promising players into masters.The secrets of Panchenko’s success were his dedication and enthusiasm as a teacher combined with his outstanding training materials.
Now, his classic Mastering Chess Middlegames is for the first time available in translation, giving club-players around the world access to his unique training method.The book contains a collection of inspiring lessons on the most important middlegame topics.
In each chapter, Panchenko clearly identifies the fundamentals, formulates easy-to-grasp rules, presents a large number (more than 250) of well-chosen examples and ends with more than 150 practical tests.The brilliance of Alexander Panchenko’s didactic method shines through in this book.
It is hard to give better advice to ambitious chess players than to follow this tried-and-tested and highly instructive road towards mastering the chess middlegame.* Preface.
* Foreword to the First Edition.
* The attack on the king.
* Defence.
* Counterplay.
* Prophylaxis.
* Realising an advantage.
* Equal positions.
* The battle of the major pieces.
* Two minor pieces against a rook.
* Opposite-coloured bishops with many pieces on the board.
* Same-coloured bishops.
* Bishop versus knight.
* Sample games and endings.
* Solutions.
* Index of Games.Grandmaster Alexander Panchenko's renowned middlegame masterpiece has been given the full Chessable treatment in this new, upgraded edition that comes with more than 7.5 hours of optional video-sync instruction from New in Chess.IM Lorin D'Costa and Nick Murphy bring Mastering Chess Middlegames to life in a way that's never been done before.The pair explain and demonstrate in detail all the themes contained in this classic text in a simple and straight forward way that players of all levels can understand.So sit back, relax and learn chess middlegames the Panchenko way.Panchenko's didactic methodGM Panchenko (1953-2009) was one of the most successful chess trainers in the Soviet Union, and later in Russia.Panchenko ran a legendary Russian chess school that specialised in turning promising players into masters.The secret of his success were his dedication and enthusiasm as a teacher combined with his outstanding training materials. 'Pancha' provided his pupils with systematic knowledge, deep understanding and the ability to take practical decisions.Now, his classic Mastering Chess Middlegames is for the first time available on the Chessable platform with MoveTrainer, giving you access to his unique training method.The book contains a collection of inspiring lessons on the most important middlegame topics.Chapters include:
- finding an advantage in equal positions
- how to attack the king
- realising an advantage
- defence and counterplayIn each chapter, Panchenko clearly identifies the fundamentals, formulates easy-to-grasp rules, presents a large number of well-chosen examples and ends with a wealth of practical tests.The brilliance of Alexander Panchenko's didactic method shines through in this book.It is hard to give better advice to ambitious chess players than to follow this tried-and-tested and highly instructive road towards mastering the chess middlegame.