Excelling at Positional Chess

Jacob Aagaard

• Publisher: Popular Chess
• Year: 2003
• eBook ISBN: 9781781940402

Positional chess remains a mystery to many and yet an understanding of the finer points of the game so often makes the difference between two equally matched players. Improve your positional play and you will see chess in a totally new dimension! In this unique book, International Master Jacob Aagaard selects many original examples of positional chess, the crème de la crème of those that he uses for training and study. Aagaard also delves deeply into the ideas of positional evaluation and analysis. * Teaches how to mix calculation with evaluation * Contains many original exercises * Written by a battle-hardened expert

Table of contents

• Acknowledgements
• Bibliography
• Introduction
• 1 Simple Truths
• 2 Primary Concepts
• 3 Defining Weaknesses
• 4 Squares - And How Pieces Exploit Them
• 5 Analysing Your Own Games
• 6 Positional Sacrifices
• 7 Positional Exercises
• 8 Solutions to Exercises
• Solution