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Infa cti,np rocdiunBgui ldUipnY gou r Chweesu ss,em da ny technitqomu aeksfoe l lowailnogan ngdl e arneiangsa inedr morfuen . /Jui/diUnpgY ourC hesuss etsh e unnoiwv lea rlsgaebsryasic temo fc hensosti aotn.m oFrooern n otiaotsne,ve o lu1mo ef theC omprehenCsheisvCseou sre(.eS ep age fo3ro5 r2d inegr information.) 4 BuildiUnpg Y ourC hess Inotdrutcoin hisb ooki sa new,r evisaendd g reatelxyp andeeddi tioofnt he T 198b9e sste llTeer s&t I mprovYeo uCrh esWsh.i lmea kintgh e necessaurpyd ateess,p eciailnol pye nintgh eorIyt ,r ietdop re servteh efl avoorf t hos"eb attlidnagy"sw hent heb ookw asw ritten. BuildUipnY go uCrh esissd esignteodh elpc hespsl ayerfrso,m beginnetroms a stertsoi, m provteh eiurn derstanodfic nhge sasn d thutsh eipre rformanactet heb oardI.nt hefi rst",t heorethiaclaoflf " theb ook( chapte1-r5sI) i ntroduicnae ,m anner fifarsshti onebdy AlexandKeort oivn h isb est-seTlhliernL ki kae G randmastseomre, effectiavnedl ittklneo wnm ethodosfa chievitnhge sgeo als. Them ostn oveslu ggestiaorneas s ysteomf n umericeavla luation anda relatmeedt hoodf g raphicnhge sgsa mesS.t artiwnigt hI gor Bondarevsaknyd L eoniSdh amkovicmha,n y grandmasters have adopted numeerviaclaula tioofnc sh espso sitiaosna s meanst o expremsosr ep reciasned u sefjuuld gmenMtys. c ontribultiieiosnn connecttihnogs per eviouesmlpyt y numbweirtsth h ep redicotuetd comeo fg amesp layefrdo m thospeo sitions. Thet hirpda rotf t heb ooki,n q uestion-and-aanndsg waemre s and-exercfoirsmeastw ,i ltlr aitnh er eadteora ppltyh en ewm ethods he'lse arneWdh.e nu sinegx amplfreosm my ownc hespsr actiIc e, tryt or econstrauncdet x plamiyn thoughattst hec rucimaolm ents oft heg amet,h uesn ablitnhger eadetrob ettuenrd erstaa gnrda nd mastert'hsi nking-taonfo dl lowt heseex amplheism selFfi.n alilny , thel ascth aptIed ri scuhsosw t os tudoyp eninagnsd g ivaen alyses oft hem ainl ineisnm y favoriotpee nintgh,eB enkoG ambit. Thisb ooki sb aseodn articwlreist taennd a nalytirceasle arch carrioeudt t ogethweirt ht heA mericaSne nioMra steJre ffrey KastneIrti. sd ifficulttoo verestihmiasrt oel eIa. l sgor eatalpyp re ciatteh es upporretc eivfreodm theP ergamon team-Acquisitions EditoCra therSihneep aradn dC hesEsd itoKre nN eatA.n d,a su sual inm y recebnoto kst,h ed esigpne,d agogitceaclh niqaunedse xecu tiveed itipnrgo vidbeydA lL awrenceO'ust ExceClo!r pm.a kem y bookt heb esittc anb e. LevA lburTth,r ee-tUi.mSe.C hesCsh ampion NewY orkC ityJ,a nua5r,y2 002 5 TabolteC ontents Building UCph eYsosu r TehA rotfA ccautrEev aluation and OthWeirn nTiencgh niques ParIt: T heA rto fA ccuraEtvea luation � Chapte1r. Th eR oadt oB etteErv aluation 6 IiiC' hapte2r:C hessG raphs 24 J//!C hapte3r.C h essG raphwsi tGha me Notes 38 ParIIt :O neP ositiaotan Time t> Chapte4r·S pecializ(aPtairo1tn) 90 MasterOinnePg o sitaitao T ni me • Chaptesr· S pecializ(aPtairo2tn) 110 ParIt II:T esatn dI mprovYeo urC hess •Chapte6r: T heQ uesti&o nA nsweGra me (Par1t) 148 4tC hapte7r TheQ uesti&o nA nsweGra me (Par2t) 190 +Chapte8r. T heQ uesti&o nA nsweGra me (Par3t) 214 •Chapte9r: T heQ uesti&o nA nsweGra me (Par4t) 254 ParItV :B uildiUnpg Yo ur OpeninRge pertoire +Chapte1r0: D iscoveriinte hse O peninTgh,e B enkoG ambit2 92 Cmzclu.i ..o nB:u ildiUnpg- and Up! 346 lmle<x� (i/ a'm es 348 Im/etx� O/p'1 •11i11gs 349 6 /111iUlpd iYi1m1rCs h ess Ch&lllr Eavltuiaon 11 1111 load 10 Beller So•• l•PortanItde ast oL ookF or • White'osu tsidpea ssedp awn is a pluisn m ostk nighetn dings. • Herec ontrooflt hec -file outweigthhse d isadvantaogfe Whited'osu bleadn di solated a-pawns. • Aftelr. c 3t heg ame ise qual. + On theG M leveWlh,i tes hould wina lgla mes-providheed hase nought ime. Chapt1e:T rh eR oatdo B ettEevlrau aolni 7 Chapt1e r TheR oatdoB ettEevra luation Thea bliyi ttoa nlayzaep osiioptnr opeirsol nyeo ft he mositmp ortqaunatl iotfai geoso cdh epslsya e.rY et thearrefee w a speocft sgt ahmete h tahtae v erpalgyaee r seetmofis n mdo rbea fnflg.i Anlasyi(sic nh eosras n oyt hsecrni itefiecn deoariv)bs a si calalt yw osa-tge psrsFo.ic recsotm etshs ee racfohr p ossible utlcartneis(v cnaditdema oevsa)n tdeh ilri kceolinynt tuiaons (varoinsa)Tt.hii sst eipcs o mmornelfye trora escda l culation. Is upply spieficecx cesiretso i mpreo yvoucrla uclatiinon Chupt6e-.rF9 so r ptrhees tehnfetlo ,lw oinpgar tciacla dvice wislulfif ce. Inop en posnistt,ih ooasbeuo ndiinnsg ah rtpa icctyso,u 1huustrlvidet oc alactuaelsm ancyo nectvrear iatainosdnu sb Yariiounalssc abne l ogiccaolnlsyi dweihrtietndh c eo nfines ofu s elf-imposetdi mlei mOint .to htehh eanrd w,h eanp osi tioIncs l osaendtd h eirsneo i mmedaitceo ntbaecttw teheen Oppt,fMorclesnyllo ucra lctouinlssah oublefd uo ndmeoder o n , atruilccco sgnidaetorins. Wold R11ardolfhco wsfa sra heyaodu arec alaucblaltveea rtioa- 8 BuildiUnpg Y ourC hess INO PEN POSITIONSY,O U SHOULD STRIVE TO CALCULATE AS MAN Y CONCRETE VARIATIONSA ND SUB-VARIATIONASS PRACTICAL. tinosa,ts ompeo iynotum uspta utsoer elfeocnt itrih nedi vdiuamle irtAsf.t cearl ctouinly,ao mu uswte itghha ed van tagaensdd i dsvaagnetosafk epyo siiotnsst emmfrionmeg a ch cnaddiate .Tm hoivssee cosntd,ee pavltuiaomnu,sb tel eraned anpde rfocromneidsuo cslbyye vegroyo cdh epslysae r. THE ELEMENTS OF EVALUATION Whaftat codreset rmniew hetWhheirot reB lasctnkad bse t teirna g ievnp ositTihoaenn s?w eirvs i atlfo,rw ihtouapt or p ers eotfs a tndrasdt oa ppelvylua,at iboenc ommeeesrg uess wor.Ak sa g uihdeera,er s eo moeft hmeo scto mmone lements ofe valoun.aT thieeslee meanrdtcvis ie ddi tnot wgor uop:st he storngt,hs oew hitcehn tdoi nrceaasp ely aer'osv eraadlvla n tgaea,n tdh e wtehaokws,he i ncohr mlaylla edt oa no verall didsvaagnetN.aot et hamto sotft hwee kae elmenatrsee se sn tiarlelrvysef eo romfst hiesrrt oncgo uenprtatrs. STRONGE LEMENTS •:• Mataelrs iupioertriy( rgeafotrecre ) •:• Rapdiedev olpme(nmotr pei ceeisn atchoteni ) Contlro oft hcee enrt •:• •:• Spacaed van(trgaegaebt oearrr odo m) •:• Iniitati(vteah beii lttyoc raettehe ra,te stiher immetdetic aatilt chareoarlt osnr ga-npgoets oiinaolne s) •:• Attka cd(iae rcats uslaotnt hoep potn'pesawn ns, pieckeisno,grw ekanseses) •:• Kinsga f(etmoyr see ceuk rinpgo sition) •:• Pieaccet tiyv/bimioylc/iotrodniaotni( icnludbseihso p pa,ig roobdsi hopb avkdsn .i gohrgt o okdn igvhsbt.a d bsihorpo,o oknst hsee vernnatkhc, on troofol p en ors em-iopfielnea snd di gaonsafl,le xiiblyi,et ffective ChpateIr:T he RotaoBd e ttEevarl uation 9 bolckdae, tcreanlpiizeecdpe issn,b,a tetsea,rc itkinivge in the ehnavdiggnta hmoeep ,op sition) •!• Panws tcrtueu( rilnucdperse npdeoracneo fc eenrt panwsp,h alxa,un nitpeadw nss,rt ongp awcnh nasio r complepxaenwsr ,ole lrm,o bilmeaj rotiym,in otryi attka,pc assepda wn-se spceilalpyr oteacntodeu dit eds onesst,nr goo utpossqtur eas) WEA K EL EM ENTS •!• Matieardle fiict •!• Lagi nde vlepoment •!• Cramppeosdii ton •!• Defenisevp oset ur •!• Exposkeidn g •!• Liimetdp iceea ctiiyvt/moltbiyio/ocdrniati(oinnu cdsle badb ihsopk,ni ghontt hremi ,p iendnp eicetsrp,ap ed peicedse,c eaniltezrdp eicebsei,n ignz ugznwgae,ct .) •!• Pawns rtucet( uicrunldedso ubloret idrp dlp eawnsi,os ltaepdaw nsb,a ckrwdpa awnsh,a nnggpi awdnu o, splpiawtn sb,l oacdkepda wnfisx,e pdaw nsm,u ltiple panwi slacnirdpspd,lp eawmna jrotiyw,e apka wn miniotrwye,a skq urseao rh olteasgr,e ts) Bes uert oc onsau lprtue tlaecb hepsrsi mfoertr h cel emtesn thyaotu 'eur nmfaiilraw ihta npda y tpiacruatletatnirno t ot he illursaittveex ampalheedsaY. o urm asteorfty h cel eemntmsa y lwr iefnorcbeyde xamniign posiotnifrso m youorw ng ames umlie dntyiigfnt ehisrto rngan wde aekl eemnt.sT he,gn radu lltlolm 'o er spohiisctatgeadms e palyeadn da naylzebdy a,trnmlmseatr,cs omprnaigy ouerv uaatloinwsi htt hoosfet he 1111o1t1art.Eov entluyya olwu ilnl ootn lgyan is ufficieenxpte -ri INC LOSED POSITIONSY,O UR PLANSS HOULD BE BASED ON BROAD STRATEGIC CONSIDERATIONS.