{"product_id":"winning-chess-middlegames-volume-2-an-essential-guide-to-1-e4-pawn-structures-by-ivan-sokolov","title":"Winning Chess Middlegames - Volume 2 An Essential Guide to 1.e4 Pawn Structures By  Ivan Sokolov","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinning Chess Middlegames - Volume 2 An Essential Guide to 1.e4 Pawn Structures By  Ivan Sokolov\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca target=\"_blank\" class=\"text-blue-500 hover:text-blue-600\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newinchess.com\/media\/wysiwyg\/product_pdf\/9183.pdf\"\u003eSample Pages\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHave you ever wondered why it takes grandmasters just seconds to see what's happening in a chess position? It's all about pawn structures, as Ivan Sokolov explained in his groundbreaking book Winning Chess Middlegames.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn his 2010 bestseller, Grandmaster Sokolov focused on structures arising from 1.d4 openings; in this new companion guide, 1.e4 players get their turn. This new volume covers a dozen topical structures including various pawn formations in the flexible Ruy Lopez, Italian and Petroff openings. But also Black's doubled f-pawn in the Rauzer Sicilian, the notorious Maroczy Bind, the mysterious Hedgehog, the versatile Sveshnikov and the paradoxical French Winawer. Deeply analysed top-level games illustrate the motifs in all these structures.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClub players who study Winning Chess Middlegames 1.e4 or 1.d4 will:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003esignificantly improve their middlegame skills\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003edevelop an accurate sense of which positions suit their style\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003egain new strategic and practical knowledge of openings\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eIvan Sokolov's analysis is profound but accessible, and he doesn't take anything for granted. As reviewer Sean Marsh wrote of the first volume: \"The lucid and informative explanations convey a large amount of genuine Grandmasterly wisdom. This is easily one of the best middlegame books of recent times.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIvan Sokolov is a top grandmaster who was born in Bosnia and lives in the Netherlands. He is a former Yugoslav and Dutch Champion and has beaten World Champions Garry Kasparov, Vladimir Kramnik and Viswanathan Anand. As a coach, he led Uzbekistan to victory at the 2022 Chennai Olympiad. Sokolov has written a dozen highly acclaimed books.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ChessBase India Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42228825849879,"sku":"B758","price":1199.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0740\/7334\/1975\/files\/4632761209.jpg?v=1744205124","url":"https:\/\/shop.chessbase.in\/zh\/products\/winning-chess-middlegames-volume-2-an-essential-guide-to-1-e4-pawn-structures-by-ivan-sokolov","provider":"ChessBase India Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}