Middlegame Planning

In this two-volume video devoted to the middlegame, twice US Chess Champion GM Patrick Wolff (1992 & 1995) demonstrates how to best formulate plans and how to evaluate chess positions. Wolff deals with a variety of topics that have an influence on the objective evaluation of a position, including:

• Pawn Structures

• Material versus Initiative

• The imbalance in positions with bishop versus knight

• Decisions regarding trading down into an endgame

• Decisions based on short-term planning versus long-term planning

Presenter: GM Patrick Wolff

Run time: 178 minutes