Estructuras en ajedrez

In this book you will find:

• Carefully selected model games that show the main plans and ideas of each structure.
• Strategic patterns to observe and typical mistakes to avoid.
• 50 positional exercises with detailed solutions.

The author provides tools to accurately detect the essence of each position —the pattern— and the basic plans that can be drawn from it, with brief, clear comments of great depth.

Mauricio Flores Ríos is a Chilean grandmaster. He earned the title at the age of eighteen and is a regular member of the Chilean Olympic team. Mauricio combines his career as a chess player and coach with his doctoral studies in Mathematics at the University of Minnesota.

"Chess Structures contains an excellent selection of model games. By studying the 140 games and fragments in this book, the reader will learn the most important plans, patterns and ideas in chess. The organisation of the book is particularly useful in this regard. Pawn structure is the most important factor in determining the nature of a game. Therefore, studying model games classified by structure allows the reader to acquire reliable strategic knowledge much more easily. Mauricio’s detailed explanations make it possible to identify the key elements in each example. On the other hand, each game constitutes a cornerstone for understanding the structure as a whole."

GM Axel Bachmann