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Hello,

A simple question: I would like to know if is there any book with a collection of must-known typical and important position/patterns in chess, not the typical for begginers, but intermediate or expert level. I.e.:

Opening:

- Qb3 in queen pawn openings where black move queen bishop early.

- dont take b2 gambit with queen.

- Ideas on oppossite castles.

- Typical traps and tricks (sacrifices in f7, sacrifices in sicilians at c3, ....)

- ...


Middelgames:

- Bxh7 sacrifice.

- A few typical exchange sacrifices.

- Typical maniobres and ideas depending on pawn structure: IQP, hanging pawns, slav setup, ...

- ...


Endgmes:

- Phillidor and Lucena setups

- Triangulation

- Opposition.

- About pawn races.

- and a few other most typical endgames: bishop vs rook pawn, bishop vs knight, etc.

- ...


etc


... like a little encyclopedia of usefull must-know patterns, with ideas and variations explained.


I know the book "GM-RAM" is similar to what I am searching for, but it mainly only focuses on endgames and there is no text, variations and solutions.


I am a 1900/2000 FIDE elo player, so I dont want a book plagged of most easy and typical beginners concepts like place your rooks on open files or knights before bishop. I would like a book to look at it to constantly refresh advanced patterns and ideas for my strenght while I also do tactics exercises all days. It would be also ideal for a player like me that has not enought time to play and study and has times I am out of the game for long times, and looking at the book would serve as a way to easely remember patters.


Thank you very much for your support.

Fermin

VLaurenT

There are various books on this topic, but no single book/collection with all the important patterns.

You may want to look at the Polgar middlegame book.