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Tables of Contents for Understanding Chess Move by Move
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Symbols
5
1
Introduction
6
2
Opening Themes
8
30
Get the Pieces Out! (Chernin-Van der Wiel)
9
5
King in the Centre (Khalifman-Sveshnikov)
14
5
Successful Control of the Centre (Aseev-Rashkovsky)
19
7
An Over-Extended Pawn-Centre (Van Der Wiel-Vaganian)
26
5
Modern Gambit Play (Markowski-Onischuk)
31
7
Middlegame Themes
38
177
Attacking Play
38
49
Basic Attacking Ideas (Kasparov-Short)
39
6
Bring Up the Reserves (Kasparov-Karpov)
45
11
Standard Sacrifices (Shirov-Reinderman)
56
8
The All-Out Sacrificial Onslaught (Nunn-Nataf)
64
6
Opposite-Side Castling (Nunn-Ward)
70
7
The Deadly Long Diagonal (Timman-J.Polgar)
77
10
Defensive Play
87
32
Don't Panic (Rotsagov-Lanka)
88
8
Defensive Sacrifice (Lalic-Khalifman)
96
7
Defence and Counter-Attack (Bu Xiangzhi-Ye Jiangchuan)
103
8
Grim Defence (Kramnik-Anand)
111
8
Positional Play
119
96
Bad Pawn-Structure (Kasparov-I.Sokolov)
120
7
Space Advantage (Karpov-Ribli)
127
9
Outpost (Piket-Smirin)
136
7
Open File (Short-Timman)
143
6
Weak Colour Complex (Kasparov-Shirov)
149
9
The Queenside Attack (Yermolinsky-Christiansen)
158
7
The Two Bishops (M.Gurevich-Miezis)
165
11
Bad Bishop (Stean-Sax)
176
6
Pawn-Chain Play (San Segundo-Topalov)
182
9
Exploiting the Isolated d-Pawn (Kamsky-Karpov)
191
10
The Isolated d-Pawn Triumphs (Kamsky-Short)
201
7
Positional Sacrifices (Lautier-Shirov)
208
7
Endgame Themes
215
25
The Active King (Smyslov-Sax)
215
8
The Power of Passed Pawns (Kramnik-Svidler)
223
7
Rook on the Seventh (Handoko-Xu Jun)
230
10
Index of Players
240