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Practical Chess Strategy Julen Arizmendi  wouldn’t it be nice if we had a set of rules that always directed us towards the best move in any chess position? That is precisely what Grandmaster

Julen Arizmendi has been searching for during his long and successful coaching career, and this is where he shares his verdict: it cannot be done, but we should still be trying!

Practical Chess Strategy

Wouldn’t it be nice if we had a set of rules that always directed us towards the best move in any chess position? That is precisely what Grandmaster Julen Arizmendi has been

searching for during his long and successful coaching career, and this is where he shares his verdict: it cannot be done, but we should still be trying!

Practical Chess Strategy will teach you to break down any position into its underlying elements and apply core concepts that will guide you towards the best move and plan.

GM Arizmendi deals with cases where our intuition fails us, teaches us how to assess imbalances, refutes common misconceptions about strategy, and provides exercises to test

and reinforce the reader’s newfound understanding.

Julen Arizmendi

Chess terminology is sometimes confusing. Take for instance “strategic” and “positional” play. T hey are often used interchangeably, but they are, in my opinion, quite different.

Strategy is the process of planning and carrying out long-term operations that change the position accordingly. It involves deciding how to place your pawns and pieces,

and considering which pieces you want to keep or exchange. Positional play, on the other hand, is generally short-term: the players maneuver their forces to profit from defects the

opponent’s position already has, or they place their pieces as harmoniously as possible hoping that an opportunity to do something more meaningful will arise.

Practical Chess Strategy

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