Figura: Mittelspiel verstehen - mit Köpfchen grundlagen But even more astounding was

But even more astounding was the number of times a GM or very strong player had failed to find the right method

As the Cuban world champion José Raul Capablanca once said: "I owe my skill to the study of a thousand rook endgames

entitled Just Checking

Analyses all key variations

endgame play and human factors

Figura: Mittelspiel verstehen - mit Köpfchen grundlagen But even more astounding wasUnderstanding the middle game is of fundamental importance in order to find plans that suit the position after the opening. The chess computer is often switched on for this purpose and the sequence of moves is simply adopted. This is done primarily at amateur level. However, it is much more important to understand how ideas and moves can be identified and how you can therefore find such or better ideas yourself. This textbook teaches methods that