The inspiration to write "Chess Master's Strategy" was the book "Стратегические приемы в шахматах" by Anatoly Terekhin. Then expanded by the addition of co-author Walery Bronzik. Incidentally, an interesting similarity to my extended version, i.e. "Chess Strategy Explained", created together with Bartłomiej Macieja.
Terekhin's book immediately made a great impression on me, and in particular I liked the idea, which, in line with my analytical way of thinking, I decided to improve.
1. I found that the book was a mess and decided to classify the themes into sections:
- deterioration of the opponent's position:
a) restricting the opponent's pieces
b) weakening of the Pawn structure
c) shuttle
d) The disappearing move
-improving your own position
a) opening Files
b) the peregrination of the king
c) improving the Pieces
d) The Transfer of the Queen
e) occupying the Outpost
-Prophylaxis
-Exchanging Pieces
2. I entered my names for the theme parts. I also used some of the names that already exist.
There are 9 themes in Terekhin's book:
-disappearing move – I used it
-pendulum - I changed it to the shuttle, and then to the Hobbit
-spare spare – I didn't use it
-opening the line – I used it
-breakwater – I didn't use it
-evacuation of the king - I changed it to peregrination of the king, because I decided that this motive does not have to consist only in securing the king, sometimes the king is an attacking figure
-imaginary (intuitive) pawn victim - I didn't use it
-barrier - for me this motif has a much broader scope and is called limitation
-fxg – hxg – I didn't use it
3. I used examples from my own games (in the extended version also from Bartek's games), while Terekhin mainly uses classical games of world champions and grandmasters. The assessment of this action may vary. For some this will be a big plus, as the book gains in originality, and for some it will be heresy.
4. Since some parts appear several times in the book, using my passion for puzzles and logical riddles, I created a system of marking them. Objectively, the benefits of this solution are not very great, but it was an interesting challenge, and that is what makes the book unique.
5. I have included records of all the batches used. Undoubtedly, searching for them on your own would be quite risky and would certainly result in a big waste of time (with no guarantee of success). However, these entries are placed at the end of a given section so that you can focus on a specific example.
6. I tried to post specific comments, avoiding "journalism" and descriptions, which slightly offended me in Terekhin's book. On the other hand, some readers suggested that this was missing from my book.
7. "Chess Strategy Explained" was recommended by the Polish Chess Federation as a textbook for learning strategy.
