Test Your Positional Play: How You Should Think In Chess

Designed to improve a player's middlegame performance by analyzing the strategic and tactical elements of a position, these tests also explain how to form a plan and to check that is it sound. Over 100 positions test the reader's ability to formulate the correct plan using a multiple choice format. This thought-provoking work provides a unique method of improving strategic understanding through self-evaluation. Beginner After explaining how to analyze the strategic and tactical elements of a chess position, and how to form a plan and to check that is it sound, the main part of this book presents 30 tests in a series of increasing complexity. A self-rating table provides the reader with an ELO or BCF rating.