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Grandmaster Franco presents 50 immensely instructive games illustrating a wide variety of chess ideas. Key themes are illustrated by several games, so that readers gain a well-rounded appreciation of the relevant ideas, and develop foresight that will enable them to make the right decisions at the board by anticipating problems before they arise. Topics include: Pawn Sacrifice, Exchange Sacrifice, The Art of Manoeuvring, The Second Weakness, Permanent vs. Temporary Advantages, Regrouping, 'Strange' Exchanges, Denying the Opponent Squares, and The Central Breakthrough.

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Zenon Franco is a grandmaster from Paraguay who now lives in Spain. He is an experienced chess trainer, his most notable pupil being Paco Vallejo, now one of the world's top grandmasters, whom he taught from 1995 through 1999.

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