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 Middle Game .......but have not found one on the middle game , i am in the process of an epic slump , i am totally losing my way in many games after the openings , my creativity is very poor , i am finding myself reacting to my opponents play causing me to make moves with very poor direction . !!! waiting for my opponents mistake , but seriously missing them , if they were ever there , putting only myself under pressure I am at a loss at the moment and playing with the boldness of a mouse ! i usually turn to various Alekhine games for inspiration , a book a use , does anybody else have any advice on how to get out of this or any text for inspiration to point me in the right direction to study some middle game play |
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i feel your pain and there is good news in all of this. you are probably more responsable for your own losses than your opponents are. try replaying your games and find what where you went wrong and more importantly why. good luck to you. |
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a dozen saviours for you, Neil: John Nunn's recent book on The Middlegame, Drazen Marovic's various works on Pawn Play and on Chess Transformations, almost any book by Neil McDonald, Evgeny Znovsko-Borovsky's book on the Middlegame plus there are the classics: Chess Praxis by Aron Nimzovich The Middlegame, especially volume 1, by Euwe & Kramer, Vukovic on the Art of Attack in Chess, plus annotated game collections of Korchnoi and of Anand and of Bologan and of Gelfand -- drench yourself in any of these: and your cares will wash away. |
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