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Understanding Middlegame Strategies Vol.2 - Practical Play by Ivan Sokolov

Understanding Middlegame Strategies Vol.2 - Practical Play by Ivan Sokolov

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Understanding Middlegame Strategies Vol.2 - Practical Play by Ivan Sokolov

In this DVD, I have selected the material aiming to improve the viewer’s middlegame decision making process and broaden his/her middlegame understanding in general.

Language: English
System: Windows 7 or higher, Mac OS X (only download)
Delivery: Download
Level: Advanced, Tournament player, Professional


I have structured this DVD into 4 chapters: 1. What to trade, what to keep 2. The king on f8 defends himself 3. Open file 4. Creating crises Every chapter consists of model games displaying different aspects of the theme. The variety of games should give you enough insights to spot these strategies in your own practice.


• Video running time: 4 hours (English)
• With interactive training including video feedback
• Extra: Database with more examples


Sample video



  1. Introduction
  2. What to trade what to keep
  3. Game 1: Botvinnik-Donner
  4. Game 2: Kasparov-Karpov
  5. Game 3: Volokitin-Mamedyarov
  6. Game 4: Ganguly-Nguyen
  7. Game 5: Kasparov-Timman
  8. Game 6: Carlsen-So
  9. Game 7: Carlsen-Dreev
  10. King on f8 defends itself
  11. Game 1: Fischer-Hook
  12. Game 2: Caruana-Naroditsky
  13. Game 3: Van Foreest-Van der Lende
  14. Game 4: Kasparov-Timman
  15. Open file
  16. Game 1: Kasimdzhanov-Li Chao
  17. Game 2: Korchnoi-Bronstein
  18. Game 3: Karjakin-Gelfand
  19. Creating crises
  20. Game 1: Galkin-Kramnik
  21. Game 2: Korchnoi-Timman
  22. Game 3: Swinkels-Sokolov
  23. Game 4: Gurevich-Sokolov
  24. Exercises
  25. Exercise 1
  26. Exercise 2
  27. Exercise 3
  28. Exercise 4
  29. Exercise 5
  30. Exercise 6
  31. Exercise 7








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