Sokolov: Die hohe Schule des Mittelspiels Taktik This is his first chess

This is his first chess book

an achievement that was widely reported in the international media

many Grandmasters

Attack in the Catacombs of the Caro-Kann

as it was for this reviewer

Sokolov: Die hohe Schule des Mittelspiels Taktik This is his first chessWinning in d4 pawn structures Have you ever wondered how grandmasters can tell in a matter of seconds what is really going on in a chess position? It's all just a question of structure, as Ivan Solokov explains in this groundbreaking work. The high school of the middle game in chess deals with the often neglected but extremely important topic of pawn structures, which are divided into four main types: doubled pawns, isolated pawns, hanging pawns and