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Training notes
THE THEORY OF OPENINGS
…General principles – Categories of Openings
THE VALUE OF THE BLACK SQUARED BLACK BISHOP IN VARIANTA
THE DRAGON OF THE SICILIAN DEFENSE
THE STRATEGY OF THE "SIDELONG” COLUMN IN THE SICILIAN DEFENSE
TWIN GAMES
SICILIAN DEFENSE: VARIANTA ALAPIN (course of trainings)
GAME OF SPECTATORS
CHESS ORCHESTRA
THE VALUE OF Bh7 IN THE INDIAN DEFENSE OF THE KING
INDIAN DEFENSE OF THE KING: CLASSIC GAMES WITH A CLOSED CENTER
AND ATTACK AGAINST OPPOSITE WINGS (course of trainings)
FOLDED Pg IN NIMZO INDIAN DEFENSE (course of trainings)
CLASSIC GAMES IN THE GRUNFELD DEFENSE
FRENCH DEFENSE: varianta of two horses
GABI B2 - B4 IN LATERAL OPENINGS WITH FIANCETO
AT THE WING OF THE KING
PLAYING FOR VICTORY WITH THE WHITE PAWNS
THE RELATION OF OPENING AND MID OF GAME
DELAY OF CASTLE
ATTACK TO THE KING WHO DID NOT PLAY CASTLE
………Basic principles
ATTACK TO THE KING WHO DID NOT PLAY CASTLE
The weak point z7 (z2) in the opening
WHEN CHANGE JxAh6a IS DEFENDED BY …zh6
SUPREMACY OF THE SPACE
SOUL OF THE GAME
MAJORITY OF PAWNS IN QUEEN’S WING
PAIR OF BISHOPS: Steinitz’s teachings
LETS NOT RELY ON THE MATERIAL SUPREMACY
STRATEGIC SACRIFICE OF DIFFERENCE
STRATEGIC SACRIFICES OF PAWNS IN ORDER TO RESULT INTO A POSITION
WITH A POWERFUL HORSE AGAINST A “BAD” BISHOP
THE ROLE OF BISHOPS OF DISSIMILAR COLOR IN THE ATTACK
AGAINST THE KING
THE POWERFUL SQUARE d5 IN BOTVINNIK’S GAMES
THE ART OF COMBINATIONS: “skewer”
FINALE P + A AGAINST P + I (line trainings)
FINALE R + P AGAINST R + A
SCHEMATIC THOUGHT IN FINALE
ESTIMATE A PLACE (plan)
PAUL MURPHY (Theodoros Papatheodorou)
THE ATTACK (Emanuel Lasker)
THE FIRST MOVEMENT GIVES AN ADVANTAGE? (Rudolf Spielmann)
YES, WE MUST READ THEORY, BUT HOW? (B.Rabar)
Various analyses of classic games.
MONOGRAPHS
SECRETS OF THE INDIAN DEFENSE OF THE KING: the value of Ai7
SECRETS OF THE NIMZO INDIAN DEFENSE: varianta Rubinstein with Jie2
DELAYED Sd6 IN THE SICILIAN DEFENSE
SECRETS OF FIGHTING PSYCHOLOGY: game errors
THE SOVIET FACULTY OF CHESS
THE MODERN MANSOUVA
KASPAROV – KRAMNIK 2000: criticisms -analyses
100 YEAR LATER: THE HISTORICAL MATS CAPABLANCA – ORZO
THE DIALECTIC DEVELOPMENT IN CHESS (Christos Kefalis)
And do not forget the following BOOKS:
FROM THE HISTORY OF CHESS (1986)
CHESS AND MODERN SOCIETY (1995)
SECRETS OF TRAINING IN CHESS (1996)
A MODERN CHESS THOUGHT (1999)
THE ART OF CHECKMATE (2002, Dimitris Vandoros)
You can contact Ilias Kourkounakis
At the address 38, Emm. Benaki Str., Athens, 10678
Telephone 210 – 3816916 (office hours)
e-mail: kourkoun@otenet.gr
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