Lessons in Chess Strategy

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Summary: Perfect intermediate-level strategy book
Review: I didnt like Beim's earlier book titled Recipes from the Kitchen, but this book is quite good- I have the best of Gambit's recent books on strategy and this new Beim book is as good as Marovic's Secrets of Positional Play, Marin's Secrets of Chess Defense and Aagaard's Excelling at Positional Play (Everyman, 2003).
The most common strategies are clearly presented in Beim's new book, though some of the positions may have appeared in recent Gambit books, so if you have all of the books Ive mentioned above plus Watson's Secrets of Modern Strategy (Gambit, 1998) then this book may be superflous. Chapters include subjects such as zugzwang, bishop-pair, space advantage, isolated and passed central pawns, and static and dynamic features of play.
For players rated 1400-2000, theres still of wealth of material that candidate masters can benefit from- the compositions, and more than 120 exercises with detailed solutions.