By Anatoly Karpov
Can common chess avid gamers discover ways to plan their video games like a grandmaster? Anatoly Karpovthe winningest global champion in historysays sure! With examples from his personal fits, he breaks making plans down into logical steps: assessment the placement, mobilize your forces, shield opposed to threats in your king, regulate open strains. via an orderly procedure, the attentive scholar will arrive at not only a plan, however the correct plan. And as Karpov himself says, Finding the best plan is the main to success.” Warmly and accessibly written, the ebook is an impossible to resist invitation to soak up a little bit the Karpov magic.
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Tf8, protecting e7 in an oddball manner. f81 Answer: Oddball it is. This is more accurate than 30 . tf6 when Black's king doesn't have access to f6. txg4 .. Question: It looks to me like Black stands worse, despite his extra pawn. Aren't all his pieces tied up? Answer: All except one: his kin g ! �g71 Watch how this guy scales the summit. 33 h4 �f6 34 :d3 h S I Fixing a pawn target o n h4. tg7 36 �e2 35 Th e C a r o - Ka n n: M o ve by M o ve Exercise {planning): H ow can Black make progress? t>e51 Black's king brashly marches into enemy territory all alone.
D3 lLlxf2 and White is in deep trouble. :ac8 19 'it'C2 lLle4!. The knight is immune from prosecution and Black has a strong attack n o matter how White plays it. t2Jbd7 .. Question: Violating a principle? Shouldn't Black just castle? This is the third time the knight moves in the opening. Answer: And the fifth time for White's knight! My rule of thumb for Black: challenge the strong point on es whenever you can. id7 14 c4! ic6 (maybe he should play 14.. :Ue8 19 i.. ::t a d8 2 1 l2Jd4. Miton, Bermuda 2003.
Tbd8. d2 ... Question: Isn't White clearly better? After all Black made a self-inflicted hole on bS. Answer: I think Black is fine. True, he made a hole, but after Black's n ext m ove White, in a strange way, allows Black control over dS. Question: H ow so? White can play c4 kicking out a piece on ds. Answer: True again, but at an incredibly high cost of creating dark-square punctures on cs and b4. lLlbd s! Are you really prepared to play c4 in this position to eject the knight? tbs Question: Why doesn't White try to occupy bs with a knight after 1S lLld4?