Understanding Middlegame Strategies Vol.3 - The Hedgehog, Ivan Sokolov (English)
Throughout my playing career I have found the Hedgehog (with both colours) one of the most difficult type of positions to master. With White (the side with more space) there is always a danger to overextend oneself (or miss your opponent’s pawn break). While playing Black (the side with less space) there is always a danger to mistime your pawn break, or simply to not get counterplay and be overrun. More
VIDEO PREVIEW
CONTENTS
- Hedgehog - Part 1
- Introduction and Fischer vs Andersson
- Black pushes the g-pawn: Charbonneau vs Anand
- Regrouping: Kasparov vs Kramnik
- h-pawn push: Topalov vs Kasimdzhanov
- White fights the h-pawn push: Radjabov vs Kamsky
- Aggressive ideas for White
- White castles kingside and pushes the g-pawn: J. Van Foreest vs Bilguun
- Kingside pawn roll: Cramling vs Gruenfeld
- Hedgehog - Part 2
- Dark square control: Tal vs Polugaevsky
- White pushes the a-pawn: Agrest vs Nisipeanu
- White pushes the a-pawn 2: Firouzja vs Vachier-Lagrave
- Doubled-pawns: Acs vs Polgar
- Doubled-pawns 2: Eljanov vs Kudrin
- White castles queenside
- Diagonal domination: Romanishin vs Petrosian
- Diagonal domination 2
- Pawn structure change: Carlsen vs Wojtaszek
- Practice positions
- Description
- Position 1 - Black to move
- Position 1 - White to move
- Position 2 - Black to move
- Position 2 - White to move
- Position 3 - Black to move
- Position 3 - White to move
- Position 4 - Black to move
- Position 4 - White to move
- Position 5 - Black to move
- Position 5 - White to move
- Position 6 - Black to move
- Position 6 - White to move
PROPERTIES
| Language: | English |
| Level: | advanced, tournament player, professional |
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Minimum: | Computer: Dual Core |
Recommended: | Processor: PC Intel i5 (Quadcore) |
ChessBase Account: | Internet access and modern web browser, e.g. Chrome, Edge, Safari. |
| Language | English |
|---|---|
| Level | Advanced, Tournament player, Professional |
| Year | 2022 |
| Streaming | Yes |
| Author | Sokolov, Ivan |
| Language | English |
|---|---|
| Level | Advanced, Tournament player, Professional |
| Year | 2022 |
| Streaming | Yes |
| Author | Sokolov, Ivan |
