Chess Structures | A Grandmaster Guide | Mauricio Flores Rios

Mauricio Flores Ríos offers an in-depth exploration of 28 of chess's most common pawn structures, providing readers with strategic insights and practical plans for both sides.

Featuring 140 carefully selected model games and 50 positional exercises with detailed solutions, aiming to enhance players' understanding of typical plans, patterns, and potential pitfalls associated with each structure.

• This book is designed for a broad range of players. The structured approach will benefit intermediate players aiming to deepen their strategic understanding. For players rated 1500-2300, it delves into strategic concepts relevant to this skill range.
• Carefully selected model games show each structure’s main plans and ideas
• Strategic patterns to observe and typical pitfalls to avoid
• 50 positional exercises with detailed solutions

Reader’s Reviews:

I suggest using this book only after you've played at least 10 games in the specific structure you want to study and have thoroughly analysed and annotated them yourself. This book is most effective for players rated 2000+ USCF (I expect to gain even more from it once I’ve built up more experience). However, players below that level can still benefit from it - B Goodman

This is one of the best and most instructive chess books I've come across, and I've read many. Before picking it up, I wasn't familiar with Mauricio Flores Rios, a Grandmaster from Chile. However, after just a few chapters, it’s evident he’s a highly skilled player who blends strong positional understanding with the tactical sharpness needed to win games. (Chess is 99% tactics and 1% strategy) - H Redmile

About the author: 

Mauricio Flores Rios is a Chilean chess player who holds the Grandmaster title. As of January 2015, he has a FIDE rating of 2531 and is number 1 in Chile among active players.

Other Details:

Hardback
Pages: 464 
Dimensions: 17 x 1.8 x 23.8cm
ISBN: 9781784830014