CHAPTER 6
Middle Game:Conditioning the Customer
Middlegame . . . is the phase of the game where beautiful kingside attacks are created, subtle strategic plans are put into motion and preparations for the endgame are quietly (sometimes secretly) begun.—Jeremy Silman, The Complete Book of Chess Strategy
After the opening, the challenging, complex, and often critical middlegame begins. It is characterized by the three elements: strategy, positional play, and tactics. Strategy is the formulation of plans to exert maximum offensive and defensive force. ...
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