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Gm boris gelfand s collection of game analyses of his own games and those of his favorite player, akiba rubinstein, in conversation with gm jacob aaga. Sep 22, 2015 positional decisionmaking in chess boris gelfand and jacob aagaard. In his efforts to explain his way of thinking, boris gelfand focuses on such topics as the squeeze, space. This is why the answer currently seems a bit nonsensical because ive focused on endgames, tactics, and. Positional decision making in chess grandmaster repertoire. In 2015 positional decision making in chess won the ecf book of the year award.
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