Best Lessons of a Chess CoachCaissa MessageTitle
PageCopyrightCONTENTSINTRODUCTION BY BRUCE PANDOLFINIPREFACEHOW TO
USE THIS BOOKI STRONG SQUARES AND WEAK COLOR COMPLEXES1. Home Away
fom Home: Smyslov-Rudakovsky (Sicilian Defense) - Outpost square;
space advantage in the center; building the attack; preventing
counterplay; focal points 2. A Wonderful Knight: Pugh-Weeramantry
(King's Indian) - Advanced outpost; controlling the pawn center;
the isolated pawn; flank attacks; improving pice placement3. A Real
Together Feeling: Lamon-Weeramantry (Modern Defense) - Weak color
complexes;hypermodern systems; long-term weaknesses; space count;
control of files and diagonals4. One to Remember:
Harris-Weeramantry (Pirc Austrian Attack) - Weak squares aroun
castled king; broad center versus fianchetto; breaking a pawn
chain; attacking the central dark squares; decoy sacrifices;
interferance5. Playing with a Full Deck: Paulsen-Morphy (Four
Knights Game) - Advanced outpost; controlling light squares;
completing development; rook lift; X-ray defense; destructive
sacrifice; defensive technique; the seventh rank
II THE INITIATIVE AND PIECE COORDINATION6. "Saw It--Went Home":
Steinitz-von Bardeleben (Giuoco Piano) - Initiative; control of key
square; piece coordination; king in the center; destructive
sacrifice; queen/knight coordination7. Strike While the Knight is
Cold: Weeramantry-Goldberg - Sacrifice for the initiative; playing
against doubled pawns; king in the middle center; space advantage
in a sector; shifting the focus of the attack8. Three for the Lady:
Weeramantry-Schlagenhauf (Pirc Defense) - Material imbalance and
compensation; initiative; rapid mobilization; piece coordination9.
Connect-the-Dots: Weeramantry-Tamarkin (Caro-Kann) - Making a
middlegame plan; pawn islands; coordinating the rooks; choosing
between two courses of action10. It's Never Over:
Weeramantry-Urbaneja (Sicilian Grand Prix Attack - Attack and
defense on the squares of a color; weak color complex; pawn
sacrifice for structural advantage; reorganizing the attack; square
clearance
