Müller: Positionsspiel Vereinsbedarf has selected 100 of Oleg

has selected 100 of Oleg Pervakov's best studies

Editorial preface

first edition 1981

Anatoly Karpov

as an adult he improved from a rating of 2100 to becoming a Grandmaster

Müller: Positionsspiel Vereinsbedarf has selected 100 of OlegPositional play is fundamentally different from combination play, which aims to quickly gain material or achieve checkmate through tactical maneuvers. Positional play, on the other hand, aims to gradually improve the position until it is ready for a decisive blow. With this step by step strategy, it is usually not possible to calculate or evaluate the moves precisely. In addition, there is often a choice between various healthy continuations, which