Way aa eS a rN atedTable of Contents Foreword Introduction Signs, Symbols, and Abbreviations Part | Immersion in the Position Chapter 1 Combinative Fireworks Chapter 2. Chess Botany - The Trunk Chapter 3. Chess Botany - The Shrub Chapter 4. Chess Botany ~ Variational Debris Chapter 5 Irrational Complications Chapter 6 Surprises in Calculating Variations Chapter 7 More Surprises in Calculating Variations Part 2 Analyzing the Endgame Chapter 8 Two Computer Analyses Chapter 9 Zwischencugs in the Endgame Chapter 10 Play like a Computer Chapter 11 Challenging Studies Chapter 12 Studies for Practical Players Chapter 13 Playing Out Endgame Studies Chapter 14 Two Endgames of Anatoly Karpov Part 3 Games for Training Purposes Chapter 15 First Steps as a Trainer Chapter 16 Questions about a Game Chapter 17 Castling on Opposite Sides Chapter 18 A Training Polygon Chapter 19 Open Warfare Part 4 Practical Psychology Chapter 20 Should He Have Sacrificed? Chapter 21 An Invitation to Analysis, Chapter 22 Chaos on Board Chapter 23 Snatch a Pawn or Attack? Chapter 24 A Battle of Opposites Chapter 25 At the Grandmaster Level Chapter 26 Experience versus Youth Part 5 Lasker the Great Chapter 27 How to Play a Pawn Down Chapter 28 Immersion in a Classic Chapter 29 Justified Greed Chapter 30 Unjustified Greed Chapter 31 Winning by Losing Chapter 32 The Battle of Heavy Pieces Chapter 33. A Historical Serial Index of Games and Fragments Index of Studies ul 12 25 32 38 49 61 69 85 86 93 98 105 2 ng 127 147 148 153 162 170 182 208 218 227 242 259 273 304 320 322 328 347 355 365 376 390 418 419Foreword What is the point of an Analytical Manual in modern times, where computers using tablebases and the latest analysis engines seem to be capable of solving almost any question? The answer is easy to provide: There is a huge difference between the search for the objective truth, and a practical game with limited time as the great Mikhail Tal put it: “The hours of analysis and the few minutes of a practical game, they are absolutely not one and the same.” So it is very important for the practical player to train his or her ability, knowing when to rely on intuition, rules of thumb and more general positional considerations, and knowing when to try to solve problems by calculating variations to the end, all the while managing time to avoid time pressure, In this new book respected trainer and author Mark Dvoretsky delivers plenty of excellent, high quality training material and many exercises. All the problems and issues are discussed from the view of the practical player, giving many general guidelines and investigating the psychological aspects in depth. As perhaps the world’s most famous chess trainer, Dvoretsky has profited from the suggestions of his high caliber students, who have discovered many mistakes and fresh ideas even in sueh well- analyzed games involving Tal and Botyinnik, Karpov and Kasparov and Kasparov and Korchnoi. Dvoretsky also makes full use of the comments of the combatants themselves, which results in very interesting psychological insights into the fight. What grandmaster Artur Yusupoy stated in his Foreword to Dvoretsky’s excellent Endgame Manual is still true: “One of the secrets of the Russian chess school is now before you, dear reader!” International Grandmaster Karsten Miller Hamburg, Germany September 2008 ——