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Foreword
1 THE ART OF SACRIFICE
1.1 The Pawn Sacrifice
1 Grishchuk - Hracek, Bundesliga 2002/3 Sicilian Defence [B32]
2 Grishchuk - Oral, Reykjavik 2000 Sicilian Defnce [B32]
3 Vallejo Pons - Andersson, Baden-Baden 2004 Sicilian Defence [B46]
4 Short - Ye Jiangchuan, Taiyuan 2004 Sicilian Defence [B84]
5 Beliavsky - Strikovic, Cacak 1996 King's Indian Defence [E71]
6 Vallejo Pons - Cvitan, Plovdiv Echt 2003 King's Indian Defence [E92]
1.2 The Exchange Sacrifice
7 Movsesian - Kasparov, Sarajewo 2000 Sicilian Defence [B80]
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1.3 Exercises
2 MANOEUVRING PLAY
2.1 The Art of Manoeuvring
14 Karpov -Yusupov, Tilburg 1993 Bogo-Indian Defence [E17]
15 Anand - Short, Merida 2001 Ruy Lopez [C769
16 Smyslov - Romanishin, USSR Ch 1976 Sicilian Defence [C76]
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2.2 The Second Weakness
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2.3 Permanent vs Temporary Advantages
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2.4 Regrouping
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2.5 The King's Destination
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29 Anand - Dreev, Linares 1997 Sicilian Defence [B67]
2.6 Exercises
3 SIMPLIFICATION
3.1 'Strange' Exchanges
30 Karpov - Shirov, Biel 1992 Queen's Gambit [D46]
3.2 The Queen Exchange
31 Torre - Ivanchuk, Istanbul OL 2000 Queen's Gambit [D30]
3.3 Exercises
4 PAWNS, THE SOUL OF CHESS
4.1 Surrending Strong Squares to the Opponent
32 Kasparov - Nunn, Lucerne OL 1982 Modern Benoni [A67]
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4.2 Kasparov's Pawn-Centre
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4.3 The French Pawn-Centre
46 Rozentalis - Vallejo Pons, Calvia OL 2004 French Defence [C03]
4.4 A Special Centre
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4.5 The Central Breakthrough
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4.6 Exercises
SOLUTIONS TO EXERCISES
Solutions for Chapter 1
Solutions for Chapter 2
solutions for Chapter 3
Solutions for Chapter 4
Indes of games
Index of Opneings