TYPICAL PLANS IN THE MOST POPULAR OPENINGS
SCOTCH GAME
>THE VARIATION WITH 4... Nf6.
>>THE SYSTEM WITH 5. Nc6 bc 6. e5
>>WHITE DOES NOT PLAY e4-e5 RIGHT AWAY
>THE VARIATION WITH 4...Bc5.
>>WHITE DEFENDS THE d4-KNIGHT
>>WHITE EXCHANGES THE D4-KNIGHT FOR THE C6-KNIGHT
>>THE WHITE KNIGHT IS RETREATED TO b3.
RUY LOPEZ DEFENCE
>CLASSIFICATION OF THE CLOSED RUY LOPEZ
>THE CLOSED PAWN CENTER
>>THE "SPANISH" KNIGHT
>>RUBINSTEIN'S MANEUVER
>>g2-g4 ADVANCE FOLLOWED BY THE KNIGHT'S INVASION TO THE f5-SQUARE
>>f2- f4 BREAKTHROUGH
>>f7-f5 BREAKTHROUGH
>>THE DARK-SQUARED BISHOPS EXCHANGE
>>WHITE'S ACTIVE OPERATIONS ON THE QUEENSIDE
>>THE a-FILE IS OPENED
>>TYPICAL POSITIONAL SACRIFICES
>POSITIONS WITH THE CLOSED PAWN CENTER AND THE OPEN ñ-FILE
>>THE "SPANISH" KNIGHT
>>STRUGGLE FOR THE c-FILE
>>ATTACK ON THE WEAKENED BLACK QUEENSIDE
>>BLACK QUEENSIDE PAWNS ADVANCE
>>THE f7-f5 ADVANCE
>>HOW TO ACTIVATE THE BLACK DARK-SQUARED BISHOP
>>WHITE'S KINGSIDE ACTIVITY INVOLVING f2- f4 OR g2- g4
>RAUZER'S PLAN
>>WHITE'S ATTACK IN THE CENTER AND ON THE
KINGSIDE
>>WHITE'S ACTIVITY ON THE QUEENSIDE
>>BLACK'S DEFENSIVE METHODS
>>BLACK'S COUNTERPLAY IN THE CENTER AND ON THE QUEENSIDE
>THE VARIATION WITH Bc8- e6
>>TAKING THE BISHOP WITH THE QUEEN
>>TAKING THE BISHOP WITH THE PAWN
>THE CENTER IS NOT BLOCKED
>>ACTIVITY OF THE WHITE LIGHT-SQUARED BISHOP
>>PAWN TENSION IN THE CENTER
>>VULNERABILITY OF THE BLACK QUEENSIDE
>>UNDERMINING THE CENTER FROM THE FLANKS
>>KEEPING THE TENSION IN THE CENTER
>>TRANSPOSING TO THE FIXED CENTER
CARO-KANN DEFENSE
>THE CAPABLANCA VARIATION
>>THE KNIGHT'S TRANSFERRING TO f4.
>>THE KNIGHT'S DEVELOPMENT TO f3.
>>>BOTH OPPONENTS CASTLE KINGSIDE
>>>THE SYSTEM WITH THE WHITE h-PAWN ADVANCE
>>>WHITE CASTLES QUEENSIDE, BLACK CASTLES KINGSIDE
>THE SMYSLOV-PETROSIAN VARIATION
>>THE VARIATION WITH 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nf6 Nf6 7.
Bc4.
>>THE VARIATION WITH 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Ng3
>>THE VARIATION WITH 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Ng5 e6 7. Qe2 Nb6.
>>THE VARIATION WITH 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Ng5.
FRENCH DEFENCE
>THE WINAWER VARIATION
>>BLOCKADE OF THE WHITE QUEENSIDE
>>WHITE'S ATTACK ON THE KINGSIDE
>>THE LIGHT-SQUARED BISHOPS EXCHANGE
>>PLAY ON THE DARK SQUARES
>THE CLASSICAL SYSTEM (3 . . . Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7)
>>THE VARIATION WITH 7. . . ñd.
>>THE VARIATION WITH 7. . . a6
>>THE VARIATION WITH 7. . . Be7.
>>THE VARIATION WITH 7. . . Qb6
>THE TARRASCH VARIATION (3. Nd2)
>>THE VARIATION WITH 3. . . c5 4. ed ed.
>>>EXCHANGE OF THE DARK-SQUARED BISHOPS
>>>SIMPLIFICATION
>>>FRONTAL ATTACK ON THE d5-PAWN
>>>BLACK'S ACTIVE COUNTERPLAY
>>THE VARIATION WITH 3. . . c5 4. ed Qd5
>>THE VARIATION WITH 3. . . Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7
>>>EXCHANGE OF THE LIGHT-SQUARED BISHOPS
>>>BLACK UNDERMINES THE WHITE CENTER WITH c7-c5 AND f7-f6
SICILIAN DEFENCE
>THE SYSTEM WITH 2. c3.
>>THE VARIATION WITH 2. . . Nf6 3. e5 Nd5
>>THE VARIATION WITH 2. . . d5 3. ed Qd5 FOLLOWED BY Bc8- g4.
>SCHEVENINGEN.
>>ORIGIN OF THE PAWN STRUCTURE
>>>ATTACK IN THE CENTER
>>>KINGSIDE ATTACK
>>>ATTACK ON THE QUEENSIDE
>>BLACK'S PLANS
>>>COUNTERPLAY ON THE QUEENSIDE
>>>COUNTERPLAY IN THE CENTER
>>>BLACK DEALS A FLANK BLOW g7-g5
>>>TRANSITION TO AN ENDGAME
>>>THE SIMPLIFYING MANEUVER Nc6xd4 FOLLOWED BY Bd7-c6
>>>PROFILACTIC MANEUVERS ON THE KINGSIDE
>>TYPICAL POSITIONAL SACRIFICES
>THE SYSTEMS WITH e7- e5
>>ORIGIN OF THE PAWN STRUCTURE
>>WHITE'S TYPICAL METHODS OF PLAY
>>>THE OCCUPATION OF THE d5-SQUARE
>>>TRANSPOSING TO A POSITION WITH BISHOPS OF DIFFERENT COLOR
>>>ATTACK ON THE QUEENSIDE
>>>ATTACK ON THE KINGSIDE
>>BLACK'S TYPICAL METHODS OF PLAY
>>>THE d6-d5 ADVANCE
>>>THE f7(f6)- f5 ADVANCE
>>>PLAY ON THE QUEENSIDE
>>>FIGHT AGAINST WHITE'S OUTPOST ON d5
>>>IGNORING THE STRONG POSITION OF THE d5-KNIGHT. IGNORING THE STRONG POSITION OF
THE d5-KNIGHT
>>>PLAY ON THE DARK SQUARES
>SYSTEMS WITH AN EXCHANGE Bxf6 gf
>>ORIGIN OF THE PAWN STRUCTURE
>>WHITE'S TYPICAL METHODS OF PLAY
>>>ATTACK ON THE e6-SQUARE
>>>OCCUPATION OF THE h5-SQUARE
>>>ATTACK ON THE BLACK h-PAWN
>>>ATTACK ON THE QUEENSIDE
>>>ATTACK ON THE BLACK KINGSIDE CASTLING POSITION
>>>BREAKTHROUGH IN THE CENTER
>>>PLAY ON THE LIGHT SQUARES
>>BLACK'S TYPICAL METHODS OF PLAY
>>>TRANSITION TO AN ENDGAME
>>>BLACK OPENS UP PLAY , ACTIVATING HIS BISHOPS
>>>THE BLACK KING IS IN THE CENTER
>>>THE e6- e5 PUSH IN COMBINATION WITH b5- b4
>>>PLAY ON THE DARK SQUARES
>>>ADVANCE OF THE QUEENSIDE PAWNS
ENGLISH OPENING
>ENGLISH OPENING, THE DRAGON SYSTEM WITH COLORS REVERSED
>>WHITE'S TYPICAL PLANS AND METHODS OF PLAY
>>>ATTACK ON THE QUEENSIDE
>>>WHITE'S ACTIVITY IN THE CENTER
>>BLACK'S TYPICAL PLANS AND METHODS OF PLAY
>>>COUNTERPLAY ON THE QUEENSIDE
>>>COUNTERPLAY IN THE CENTER
>>>EXCHANGE OF THE LIGHT-SQUARED BISHOPS
>ENGLISH OPENING. 1.c4 e5 (WITHOUT d7-d5)
>>WHITE'S TYPICAL PLANS AND METHODS OF PLAY
>>>EXCHANGE OF THE WHITE DARK-SQUARED BISHOP
FOR THE f6-KNIGHT
>>>UTILIZING THE OPEN b-FILE
>>>EXCHANGE OF WHITE'S LIGHT-SQUARED BISHOP FOR THE c6-KNIGHT
>>>ATTACK ON THE BLACK c5-PAWN WITH b2-b4
>>BLACK'S TYPICAL PLANS AND METHODS OF PLAY
>>>PREVENTIVE MEASURES ON THE QUEENSIDE
>>>BLACK OPENS UP HIS DARK-SQUARED BISHOP
>>>ATTACK ON THE KINGSIDE
DUTCH DEFENCE
>STONEWALL
>>WHITE'S TYPICAL PLANS AND METHODS OF PLAY
>>>WHITE EXCHANGES THE DARK-SQUARED BISHOPS
>>>WHITE DOES NOT EXCHANGE THE DARK-SQUARED BISHOPS
>>>PAWN ATTACK ON THE QUEENSIDE
>>>"IMPRISONMENT" OF BLACK'S LIGHT-SQUARED BISHOP
>>BLACK'S TYPICAL PLANS AND METHODS OF PLAY
>>>ATTACK ON THE KINGSIDE
>>>THE LIGHT-SQUARED BISHOP'S TRANSFERRING TO THE KINGSIDE
>>>FIANCHETTO OF THE LIGHT-SQUARED BISHOP
>>>BLACK AVOIDS A QUEEN EXCHANGE
>>>BLACK AVOIDS AN EXCHANGE OF THE DARK-SQUARED BISHOPS
>THE ILJIN-ZHENEVSKY SYSTEM
>>WHITE'S TYPICAL PLANS AND METHODS OF PLAY
>>>EXCHANGE OF THE d4-PAWN FOR THE e6-PAWN
>>>THE e2-e4 BREAKTHROUGH
>>BLACK'S TYPICAL PLANS AND METHODS OF PLAY
>>>THE å6-å5 ADVANCE
>>>QUEEN'S TRANSFERRING TO THE KINGSIDE
>LENINGRAD SYSTEM.
>>WHITE'S TYPICAL PLANS AND METHODS OF PLAY
>>>SEIZURE OF THE KEY SQUARES IN THE CENTER
>>>PLAY ON THE QUEENSIDE
>>>THE BREAKTHROUGH e2-e4
>>>EARLY DARK-SQUARED BISHOP FIANCHETTOING
>>BLACK'S TYPICAL PLANS AND METHODS OF PLAY
>>>THE å7- å5 ADVANCE
>>>BLACK'S KINGSIDE ACTIVITY
SLAV DEFENCE
>THE SCHLECHTER SYSTEM
>THE MERAN VARIATION
>THE BOTVINNIK SYSTEM
>THE MOSCOW VARIATION
CATALAN OPENING
>THE PLAN OF c7-c6
>BLACK CAPTURES d5xc4
NIMZO-INDIAN DEFENCE
>THE HUEBNER VARIATION
>THE CENTRAL VARIATION
GRUENFELD DEFENSE, THE SYSTEM WITH Qd1- b3
>THE SYSTEM WITH c7-c6
>>THE SMYSLOV VARIATION
>>THE VARIATION WITH 7. . . Na6
>>THE VARIATION WITH 7. . . a6
KING'S INDIAN DEFENCE
>THE CLOSED CENTER
>>THE c5-d6-e5 STRUCTURE
>>BLACK'S ACTIVITY ON THE KINGSIDE
>>WHITE'S ACTIVITY ON THE QUEENSIDE
>>EXCHANGE OF THE DARK-SQUARED BISHOPS
>>EXCHANGE OF THE LIGHT-SQUARED BISHOPS
>>RESTRICTION OF BLACK'S KINGSIDE INITIATIVE
>>WHITE CASTLES QUEENSIDE, BLACK CASTLES KINGSIDE
>>POSITIONAL SACRIFICES
>>RESTRICTION OF WHITE'S ACTIVITY
>POSITIONS WITH THE OPENED CENTER (e5xd4)
>>BLACK'S MAIN PLANS
>>>COUNTERPLAY ON THE DARK SQUARES
>>>PRESSURE ALONG THE HALF-OPEN e-FILE
>>>UNDERMINING THE WHITE PAWN CENTER
>>WHITE'S MAIN PLANS
>>>PRESSURE ON THE d6-PAWN
>>>DRIVING ASIDE THE BLACK PIECES
>>>WHITE'S SPATIAL ADVANTAGE
BENKO GAMBIT
>WHITE ACCEPTS THE PAWN SACRIFICE
>>WHITE PLAYS e2- e4
>>WHITE FIANCHETTOES THE f1-BISHOP
>WHITE DOES NOT TAKE THE a6-PAWN
>>COUNTER-SACRIFICE: 5. b6
>>WHITE'S COUNTERATTACK IN THE CENTER
>>WHITE PROTECTS THE b5-PAWN
>DECLINED GAMBIT: 4. Nf3
>>BLACK TAKES ON c4
>>BLACK CLOSES A GAME WITH b5- b4
TYPICAL PAWN STRUCTURES
THE "KARLSBAD" PAWN STRUCTURE
>ORIGIN OF THE PAWN STRUCTURE
>WHITE'S MAIN PLANS
>>THE PAWN MINORITY ATTACK
>>PIECE PRESSURE ON THE QUEENSIDE
>>ATTACK IN THE CENTER BY e3- e4
>>CREATION OF AN OUTPOST IN THE CENTER
>>ATTACK ON THE KINGSIDE
>BLACK'S MAIN PLANS
>>PAWN ATTACK ON THE KINGSIDE
>>PIECE ATTACK ON THE KINGSIDE
>>UNDERMINING THE WHITE CENTER WITH c6-c5
>>EXCHANGE OF THE LIGHT-SQUARED BISHOPS
>>NEUTRALIZING THE PAWN MINORITY ATACK BY MEANS OF b7- b5
>WHITE CASTLES QUEENSIDE, BLACK CASTLES KINGSIDE
>BOTH OPPONENTS CASTLE QUEENSIDE
TYPICAL POSITION WITH THE MOBILE PAWN CENTER
>ORIGIN OF THE PAWN STRUCTURE
>ORIGIN OF THE PAWN STRUCTURE
>WHITE'S MAIN PLANS
>>WHITE CREATES A PASSED PAWN IN THE CENTER
>>ATTACK ON THE KINGSIDE
>>THE d4-d5 BREAKTHROUGH
>>ATTACK ON THE QUEENSIDE
>BLACK'S MAIN PLANS
>>PIECE PRESSURE IN THE CENTER
>>UNDERMINING THE WHITE PAWN CENTER
>>SIMPLIFICATION
THE "HEDGEHOG" SYSTEM
>ORIGIN OF THE PAWN STRUCTURE
>BLACK'S MAIN PLANS
>>UNDERMINING THE WHITE CENTER
>>COUNTERBLOW e6-e5
>>BLACK'S ACTIVITY ON THE KINGSIDE
>>TYPICAL ROUTES OF THE BLACK PIECES
>WHITE'S MAIN PLANS
>>PREVENTION
>>ATTACK ON THE QUEENSIDE
>>ATTACK ON THE KINGSIDE
>>ATTACK IN THE CENTER
TYPICAL PAWN STRUCTURE WITH AN OUTPOST ON THE HALF-OPEN d-FILE
>ORIGIN OF THE PAWN STRUCTURE
>WHITE'S MAIN PLANS
>>A KNIGHT OUTPOST ON d5
>>WHITE OPENES UP THE CENTER WITH c4-c5 OR e4- e5
>>ATTACK ON THE KINGSIDE
>BLACK'S MAIN PLANS
>>BLACK DEALS THE FLANK BLOWS b7-b5 AND f7-f5
>>THE d6-d5 (d3-d4) BREAKTHROUGH IN THE CENTER
>>PLAY ON THE DARK SQUARES
>>SIMPLIFICATION