Dvoretsky Mark. Recognizing Your Opponent's Resources: Developing Preventive Thinking

Chessable, Chess Tactics, Apr 08, 2019; Russell Enterprises, Inc., 2015. — 360 p. — ISBN: 978-1-941270-00-4.You must, must, must check what your opponent is doing. At every turn.That is the message from every chess expert you will ever meet.Indeed, Viktor Korchnoi once wrote: "Well, if you do not check what your opponent is doing, you will end up complaining about bad luck after every game."But how to train yourself to do this? Mark Dvoretsky's unique new course here on Chessable has the answer.In this acclaimed work from the world-class trainer, we present a course designed specifically to force you into developing a deep understanding what your opponent is planning to do."Know Thy Enemy" - Sun Tsu, The Art of WarDvoretsky's work consists of four chapters of high-quality material for independent training with the emphasis being firmly on honing the ability to think not only for yourself but also for your opponent.Each chapter starts with a short theoretical section. Then dozens of exercises are given, from easy, even elementary, to difficult.Training your skills in searching for a move and calculating variations will help you at all stages of the game – which is why among the more than 500 exercises, there are opening, middlegame and endgame positions.Finally, the comments in the Solutions are quite detailed. Throughout the course, the author has tried to set forth the logic of the search for a solution, to show how a player can come to the right conclusions at the board.Recognizing Your Opponent’s Resources is virtually unique in chess literature.Mark Dvoretsky was considered by many to be the premier chess instructor of our era. His works on the middlegame and endgame have set the standard by which other chess books are measured.