{"product_id":"9789056917517","title":"Winning Chess Middlegames: An Essential Guide to Pawn Structures","description":"Finally this modern classic is back in print!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEver wondered why grandmasters take only seconds to see what's really going on in a chess position? It's all about structures, as Ivan Sokolov explains in this groundbreaking book.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWinning Chess Middlegames addresses the often ignored but extremely important topic of pawn structures, divided into 4 main types: doubled pawns, isolated pawns, hanging pawns and pawn majorities.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith its highly accessible verbal explanations and deep analyses of top-level games, this book helps you to solve the basic problems of the middlegame: space, tension and inititative.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eClub players studying Winning Chess Middlegames will:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-- greatly enhance their middlegame skills\u003cbr\u003e-- develop an accurate feeling as to which particular positions suit their style\u003cbr\u003e-- acquire new strategic and practical opening knowledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIvan Sokolov explains matters profoundly, honestly and objectively, and includes lots of inside stories from top-level chess, neither sparing his collegue grandmasters nor himself in his comments.","brand":"Continental Sales, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47175312802032,"sku":"9789056917517","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9789056917517_p0.jpg?v=1769887477","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9789056917517","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}