The secrets of`Alexander Panchenko's success were his dedication and enthusiasm as a teacher
combined with his outstanding training materials. Now his classic Mastering Chess Middlegames
is for the first time available in translation giving club-players around the world access to
his unique training method. The book contains a collection of inspiring lessons on the most
important middlegame topics. In each chapter Panchenko clearly identifies the fundamentals
formulates easy-to-grasp rules presents a large number of well-chosen examples and ends with a
wealth of practical tests. The brilliance of Alexander Panchenko's didactic method shines
through in this book. It is hard to give better advice to ambitious chess players than to
follow this tried-and-tested and highly instructive road towards mastering the chess
middlegame.
