chess blueprints planning in the middlegame Book Opening: French Defence

Opening: French Defence

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calculating skills and counter-intuitive ideas

king hunts and long-term initiative

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chess blueprints planning in the middlegame Book Opening: French DefenceThis Chess Blueprints: Planning in the Middlegame is a chess book by Nikolay Yakovlev that focuses on practical middlegame planning through concrete positional motifs and structures, rather than general principles alone. What this book covers Planning is one of the key skills in effective chess play, and this book is built around the decisions that matter most in real games: recognising patterns, assessing positions and choosing the right direction