Descripción

Key Elements of Chess Strategy by Georgy Lisitsin (1909-72) was a respected Soviet master,

theoretician and writer. In 1958 he published a revised edition of his most ambitious work, entitled

Strategy and Tactics of Chess, which became one of the most legendary manuals in the Soviet chess

school, and no doubt one of the books that motivated the young Bobby Fischer to learn Russian.

Lisitsin broke down Strategy and Tactics into their key constituent elements, enabling players of all

levels to study chess systematically, learning from carefully selected game fragments and

studies. Key Elements of Chess Strategy and its companion volume

KeyElementsofChessTactics are the first ever complete English translations of Lisitsin’s classic.

In this volume, Lisitsin breaks down the Foundations of Strategy into categories such as piece

placement, exchanges, weaknesses and prophylaxis, followed by a section on Devising a Strategic

Plan, including concepts such as blockading, undermining, the initiative, pawn chains, and planning

in the opening.

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