Rock Solid Chess

Tiviakov's Unbeatable Strategies: Pawn Structures

Sergei Tiviakov, Yulia Gökbulut

• Publisher: New in Chess
• eBook ISBN:
  9789493257863
• Year: 2024

Sergei Tiviakov was unbeaten for a consecutive 110 professional chess games as a grandmaster, a record that has only been broken by World Champion Magnus Carlsen. Who better to teach you rock-solid chess strategy than Tiviakov. He was born in Russia and trained in the famous Russian chess school. In his first book, he explains everything he knows about the fundament of chess strategy: pawn structures.

If chess players trust that their knowledge of opening theory and tactics is enough to survive in tournament play, they are mistaken. Once you settle down for your game and the first moves have been played, you will need a deeper understanding of the middlegame. And one of the most challenging questions is: how to navigate different pawn structures?

Sergei Tiviakov gives you all the answers in this first volume of his highly instructive series on chess strategy. 'Tivi' is famous for his deep chess knowledge and rock-solid positional play. He has gathered a rich collection of strategic lessons he has been teaching worldwide, drawing mainly from his personal experience. The examples and exercises will improve your chess significantly and are suitable for any reader from club player to grandmaster level.

Table of contents

• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Explanation of symbols
• Foreword by Anna Ushenina
• Foreword by Jorden van Foreest
• Preface by Sergei Tiviakov
• Preface by Yulia Gökbulut
• Introduction Human chess versus computer chess
• How should you read this book?
• Chapter 1 Pawn majority on one flank
• Chapter 2 Doubled pawns, part one
• Chapter 3 Doubled pawns, part two
• Chapter 4 Semi-open files in the centre
• Chapter 5 One open file in the centre
• Chapter 6 Two open files in the centre
• Chapter 7 The double fianchetto
• Conclusion
• Index of names
• Bibliography