After reading the first fifty pages of this book, the reader can say: "So this is, it means, how ..." After reading fifty more, he will say: "So it is, but ...", and turning the last page, puzzled with his hands: "So how ?!" The legendary book. The book is one of those that awakens thought. A book that was respected by Fisher and Botvinnik. A book without which it is impossible to imagine the development of the chess theory of the twentieth century. The book corrected the mistakes and shortcomings that occurred in the first edition. Also obsolete for today, the section on the protection of Ragozin was replaced by the best praetics of I. Lipnitsky with his own comments. The book passed computer testing "by Kasparov."

The book of the multiple world chess champion A. Karpov
and the master A. Matsukevich is dedicated to one of the most profound
and completely unexplored topics & mdash; searching for an algorithm for assessing the position of
and, as a consequence, choosing the right plan.
It is calculated for qualified chess players.