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Grandmaster Alexander Panchenko (1953-2009) was one of the most successful chess trainers in the Soviet Union, and later in Russia. Panchenko ran a legendary chess school that specialised in turning promising players into masters. The secret of his success were his dedication and enthusiasm as a teacher combined with his outstanding training materials. 'Pancha' provided his pupils with systematic knowledge, deep understanding and the ability to take practical decisions. Now, Panchenko's classic Mastering Chess Middlegames is for the first time available in translation, giving club-players around the world access to this unique training method. The book contains a collection of inspiring lessons on the most important middlegame topics: attack, defence, counterplay, realising the advantage, obstructing the plans of your opponent, the battle of the heavy pieces, and much more. In each chapter, Panchenko clearly identifies the various aspects of the topic, formulates easy-to-grasp rules, presents a large number of well-chosen examples and ends with a wealth of practical tests. The brilliance of Alexander Panchenko's didactic method shines through in this book. It is hard to give better advice for ambitious chess players than to follow this tried-and-tested and highly instructive road towards mastering the chess middlegame.

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The author uses examples where there is no obvious way to think of the right move. A glorious queen sacrifice followed by checkmate in two is not available but a sly pawn or king move is often the answer which makes you think (..) I can happily endorse Panchenko. --Gary Lane, International Master Chess Moves Magazine

""The deeper I went into the book, the more fresh and fascinating material I found (..) There is a lot of highly instructive material crammed into this book, which can be used for self-improvement and by trainers and coaches also."" -- Sean March CHESS Magazine ""After the positions to solve are given, a selection of positions to play out is given as well. This is something Panchenko was renowned for: having students play out positions against one another during training sessions (..) it's certainly one of the best training manuals I have cracked open in quite some time (..) Not only should those seeking to improve their own game purchase this book, but coaches should as well."" -- Chris Wainscott ChessIQ ""I really enjoyed this book. It provides you with a very systematic way of looking at chess middlegames (..) Extremely instructive, with many fresh examples."" -- Daniel King, Grandmaster ""The best theoretical work and practical advice on the subject of the middlegame."" -- Artyom Timofeev, Grandmaster ""Wonderful (..) highly instructive."" Elburg Chess Reviews ""An instant classic."" -- B.H. Wilders Nederlands Dagblad ""The author uses examples where there is no obvious way to think of the right move. A glorious queen sacrifice followed by checkmate in two is not available but a sly pawn or king move is often the answer which makes you think (..) I can happily endorse Panchenko."" -- Gary Lane, International Master Chess Moves Magazine

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