Positional Decision Making In Chess

English Chess Federation 2015 Book of the Year!!

Positional Decision Making in Chess offers a rare look into the mind of a top grandmaster.

In his efforts to explain his way of thinking, Boris Gelfand focuses on such topics as the squeeze, space advantage, the transformation of pawn structures and the transformation of advantages.

Based on examples from his own games and those of his hero, Akiba Rubinstein, Gelfand explains how he thinks during the game.