Dvoretsky: Recognizing Your Opponent's Resources - Developing Preventive Thinking Klassiker Markus Spindler

Markus Spindler

the most important of which were the match tournaments in 1941 and 1948

White's main strategic goal is to occupy the center via d2-d4 by sacrificing the pawn on f4

which usually means conducting the chess battle on the opponent's turf

reach a sound middlegame and have a basic grasp of endgame technique

Dvoretsky: Recognizing Your Opponent's Resources - Developing Preventive Thinking Klassiker Markus SpindlerKnow Thy Enemy Sun Tzu, The Art of War Understanding what your opponent is planning to do or trying to accomplish is one of the core skills required to take your game to the next level. Viktor Kortchnoi once wrote, Well, if you do not check what your opponent is doing, you will end up complaining about bad luck after every game. This book consists of four chapters, all associated with the ability to think not only for yourself, but also for your