The Creative Power of Bogoljubov Volume II: Attack Defense Planning and More: 2

In the second part of his two-volume treatise on Bogoljubovs games International Master Grigory Bogdanovich provides 191 fully annotated games and fragments as well as 6 endgame compositions and 23 tactical positions for the reader to analyze. As in the first volume his analysis of Bogoljubovs games is split into instructive themes making his treatise a fantastic textbook for learning a huge range of winning techniques. The present volume covers the topics of attack defense planning Bogoljubovs contribution to opening theory and endgame technique.In the openings chapter there is a special section on how Bogoljubov handled Spanish Exchange Carlsbad Stonewall and Pillsbury knight structures. It also includes his contributions to theory in the Kings Gambit Two Knights Four Knights Spanish French Queens Gambit Cambridge Springs Slav and Semi-Slav Zukertort System and Bogo-Indian.The chapter on Bogoljubovs endgame technique covers pawn structures king activity pawn endings same-colored and opposite-colored bishop endings knight endings rook endings queen endings material imbalances and multi-piece endings among others.This book also contains further photos from Bogoljubovs career.