Fondasi Strategi Catur

Menurut buku ini, ada lima kekuatan dalam menata strategi dalam catur, yaitu:
1.  Faktor lingkungan (suasana)
     a.  Laju-waktu
     b.  Kompetisi individu atau tim
     c.  Klasemen dalam turnamen
     d.  Latar belakang lawan`
     e.  Tekanani-waktu
2.  Faktor manusia
     a.   Gaya dan karakteristik Anda 
     b.  Gaya dan karakteristik lawan
3.  Prakarsa (inisiatif)   
     a.  Kekuatan relatif
     b.   Kecepatan pengerahan 
     c.   Koordinasi buah
     d.   Posisi raja 
4.  Faktor posisi 
     a.   Ruang
     b.   Bangunan (struktur) bidak
     c.   Pengendalian petak kunci dan kolom
     d.   Pengendalian pusat
5.  Materi
     a. Kekuatan mutlak
     b.  Pertukaran
                                                                  c.  Posisi setelah pertukaran Menteri

Berikut ini daftar isi buku tersebut.

Symbols
Dedication and Acknowledgements
Introduction
1	What is Chess Strategy?
2	The Factors Shaping Chess Strategy
3	The Opponents: The Role of the Human Factor in Chess
4	Characteristics of Reflectors
5	Characteristics of Theorists
6	Characteristics of Pragmatics
7	Characteristics of Activists
8	Environmental Factors
Index of Players
Index of Openings

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Panduan Lengkap Nimzo-India Variasi Rubinstein

Foreword
PART I – 4.e3 Various
Chapter 1.1
	Taimanov – 4...Kc6
Chapter 1.2
	Early ... b6 Lines – 4...b6 5.f3
Chapter 1.3
	Smooth Development – 4...b6 5.jd3 Jb7 6.kf3
Chapter 1.4
	Romanishin's 4...b6 5.ke2 c5
Chapter 1.5
	The Early Knight Jump – 4...b6 5.ke2 Ke4
Chapter 1.6
	The Slow 4...b6 5.ke2 Ja6 6.a3 Je7
Chapter 1.7
	Exchange – 4...b6 5.ke2 Ja6 6.a3 Jxc3+
Chapter 1.8
	The Nimzo Knight Move – 4...b6 5.ke2 Ja6 6.kg3
Chapter 1.9
	The Original Rubinstein – 4...c5 5.ke2
Chapter 1.10
	Development jd3 with ke2 – 4...c5 5.jd3
PART II – 4...0-0 Minor Lines
Chapter 2.1
	Reshevsky's Set-up – 5.ke2 d5 6.a3 Jd6
Chapter 2.2
	The Retreat to e7 – 5.ke2 d5 6.a3 Je7
Chapter 2.3
	The Baguio Variation – 5.jd3 c5 6.d5
Chapter 2.4
	Hübner Variation – 5.jd3 c5 6.kf3 Kc6 7.0-0 Jxc3 8.bxc3 d6
Chapter 2.5
	Fixing the Centre – 5.jd3 d5 6.cxd5
Chapter 2.6
	The Forcing 6.a3 – 5.jd3 d5 6.a3
PART III – The Main Line 4...0-0 5.jd3 d5 6.kf3
Chapter 3.1
	The Delayed Fianchetto – 6...b6
Chapter 3.2
	Reykjavik Line – 6...c5 7.0-0 Kc6 8.a3 Ja5
Chapter 3.3
	The Flexible 6...c5 7.0-0 Kc6 8.a3 Jxc3 9.bxc3 Mc7
Chapter 3.4
	Main Line – 9...dxc4 10.jxc4 Mc7 11.jd3
Chapter 3.5
	Main Line – 9...dxc4 10.jxc4 Mc7 11.ja2
Chapter 3.6
	Main Line – 9...dxc4 10.jxc4 Mc7 11.h3
Chapter 3.7
	Main Line – 9...dxc4 10.jxc4 Mc7 11.Jb2
PART IV – 4...0-0 5.jd3 d5 6.kf3 c5 7.0-0
The Immediate 7...dxc4 8.jxc4
Chapter 4.1
	Larsen Variation – 8...Kc6
Chapter 4.2
	Karpov Variation – 8...cxd4 9.exd4 b6
Chapter 4.3
	Parma Variation – 8...Kbd7 9.me2
Chapter 4.4
	Parma Variation – 8...Kbd7 9.mb3
Chapter 4.5
	Parma Variation – 8...Kbd7 9.a3
Index of Variations
Index of Players
Bibliography

Chess Secrets: The Giants of Strategy – Neil McDonald

Introduction
1	The Seventh Rank
2	The Outpost and the Open File
3	Planning on a Grand Scale
4	Understanding Pawn Majorities
5	The Power of Pawn Breaks
6	How to Use the Pawn Ram
7	Restraint
8	Blockade
9	Provocation and Prophylaxis

Elements of Chess Strategy – Alexei Kosikov

Preface
Symbols
Introduction
1	Devising a Plan in a Game of Chess
	Elements of Chess Strategy
	Prophylactic Thinking and Anticipation of Events
	The Principle of Two Weaknesses
	Manoeuvring
	The Principle of the ‘Worst’ Piece
	Answers to Exercises for Chapter 1
2	‘STOPS’ - A System of Self-Discipline in Chess
	Answer to Exercise for Chapter 2
3	The Advantage of the Bishop-Pair
	Bishop or Knight?
	Bishop Stronger than Knight
	Knight Stronger than Bishop
	Two Bishops in the Middlegame
	Two Bishops in the Middlegame: Associated Factors
	The ‘Advantage of the Knight-Pair'
	The Problem of Exchanging
	Two Bishops in the Endgame
	Two Bishops against Two Knights in the Endgame
	Methods of Combating the Two Bishops in the Endgame
	Transformation of the Advantage
	The Passed Pawn
	The Bishop-Pair in the Endgame – How Much is it Worth?
	The ‘Best Odds’ Principle
	Answers to Exercises for Chapter 3
4	Warning – Trap Ahead!
	Answers to Exercises for Chapter 4
5	Opposite Bishops in the Middlegame
	Bishop Power
	The Initiative
	Attacking the King
	Attacking the King with Minimal Material
	Open File and Passed Pawn
	Prophylaxis
	Piece Coordination
	Defence
	The Pawn-Structure
	Answers to Exercises for Chapter 5
Index of Players