In this companion volume to his classic Chess Endings: Essential Knowledge, Grandmaster Averbakh takes the reader through the various steps to success in the middlegame. He explains the tactical skills and positional strategies that every chessplayer needs to master.Features:Co-ordinating the piecesAttack and defenceCombinations and sacrifices...and much moreYuri Averbakh is a former Soviet champion and world championship candidate. He is also the author of the five-volume treatise Comprehensive Chess Endings (also translated by Ken Neat) and the perennially popular Chess Endings: Essential Knowledge.Specifications:Author: AverbakhBook Type: Paperback, 1999Notation: Figurine NotationPages: 108