Middlegame Secrets Vol.2 - The Potential of the Rook Taktik so working through both volumes

so working through both volumes in order provides the complete repertoire system

Rather than a conventional written narrative

Kramnik actually defeated his mentor in the world championship match in London and became the 14th world chess champion

This is how we learn chess while playing

the Dutch Defence and the Benko-Volga Gambit are presented

Middlegame Secrets Vol.2 - The Potential of the Rook Taktik so working through both volumesFor a chess player, the chess pieces are like certain tools in a toolbox. We must know how to use them best, just as a craftsman knows his tools. We should not use a screwdriver to hammer in a nail, and we should not use the queen only for defense.