Chess College is a new series of books to take intermediate players to new levels of chess understanding. New ideas are introduced and immediately illustrated by a number of entertaining and instructive examples, many drawn from the author’s own practice. Volume 2: Pawn Play discusses aspects of pawn play that are vital to successful chess, such as: Semi-open File, Isolated Pawn, Doubled Pawns, Backward Pawn, Hanging Pawns, Pawn Majority, Pawn Minority, Central Break..
About the Author
Grandmaster Efstratios Grivas lives in Athens and is also a Senior FIDE Trainer, International Arbiter and Organizer. He has represented his country on a great many occasions, winning an individual gold medal at the 1989 European Team Championship and an individual silver medal at the 1998 Olympiad. He is a Greek federal trainer and an experienced writer.
Reviews
“Trainers will find the three books a tailor made course to guide their students through the fundamentals of proper middlegame play. Highly recommended.” — John Donaldson, Silman’s website
“…the experienced author covers numerous important themes relating to Strategy, Pawn Play, and Technique. He does this in a very lucid manner with the aid of many highly instructive illustrative games.” — GM Paul Motwani, The Scotsman
“…most of the positions will be new to the reader – certainly not a case of old wine in new bottles.” — Alan Sutton, En Passant