Any book about middlegame strategy according to a specific opening?

I wonder if there is a good book about middlegame strategy, but, instead of teaching the theme with a random game, the author teaches the theme specifying which openings, normally, you can use for that theme.

For example: suppose the author is gonna talk about minority attack. He can say that the queen's gambit declined, with white, you can reach a position from where you can use the minority attack.

Does someone know a book that way?

Dvoretsky's books are a good way to start this but they tend to be for more advanced players (usually at least category "A" or candidate masters).

But what you want to do is to study something called "typical positions." That is, positions that occur with similar pawn structures. An example of this is the "Botvinnik" variation that occurs (from either side) from the Closed Sicilian and the reversed English Opening lines.

For the minority attack, as you already mentioned, you want books on the Queen's Gambit Exchange variation--specifically known as the "Carlsbad" pawn structure. However, some lines of the Caro-Kann give the same structure with colors reversed, but there are often different factors in the Caro-Kann that prevent a minority attack from working as well, like Black's bishop being behind the pawn chain, as well as development issues. Also note that other strategies for White can include the central break position (e4) where White accepts an IQP, the "post-up" position setup where White plays Nf3-e5 and sometimes f2-f4, and the expansion setup with f2-f3 and e3-e4.

No, I do not know if there are any 'specific' books talking about only one pawn structure however, unless you end up finding some video course on it. You'll usually either find books discussing specific critical opening variations, or multiple pawn structures.

Thank you very much.

To be honest, what I want is to learn opening moves and relate them with the middlegame strategy. But when I search for opening books, I want those ones that explain the middlegame strategy behind the moves, and I don't find them.

All books about opening I've ever seen explain opening like this: "Well, you have this line. In 1995, Kasparov played a different 14th move and get good game. In 1997, Anand played another 19th move and found difficult to play with...", but they don't explain why they get a good game or why the move is bad. I have to come here to board editor, place the position there and try to find, after many trial and erros, what's the merit or the problem with that move.

I'm new at chess study, and I'm studying Pachman's book (Modern Chess Strategy), and what I can see is that he chose those games randomly. Ok, I can understand what he's teaching, but I really wanted to prepare some opening already knowing what kind of middlegame strategy themes I may find on the middlegame.

I'm really stuck.

Well, it's really a joy to be answered by a NM. Once again: thank you very much.

I don't agree that Pachman chooses his games "randomly." At any rate, of some use to you might be Soltis' Pawn Structure Chess.

Pawn structure in chess is a great read that covers the middle game strategy for each pawn structure. I had a hard time reading this at 1650 rating. If my tactics were stronger I would maybe fare better. This book has tons of games and analysis and extra games for further study.

When learning any openings you are correct that it must give you a middle game plan to be successful. What I learned this year is to learn the 5-10 move deep into an opening line and see if I like how the position looks for me. If I don’t prefer it I look for more explanation or move on to something different.

Derrick Kelley on YouTube gives free advice on opening and middle game plans, it does not give full games which is very helpful.

I have to agree with @MrPushwood. Most writers, at least those whose work gets remembered and recommended, don't choose samples at random. They are familiar with dozens, perhaps hundreds of games that in some way illustrate the themes they have in mind, and they chose the games that demonstrate the theme(s) with the greatest simplicity and clarity. Pachman has a pretty good reputation for a reason. So had Nimzovich, his Chess Praxis is still a classic.

You are interested in opening books as an approach to the middlegame (or rather, the transition from opening to middlegame). So am I. I would go so far as to say that one test of the utility of an opening book is how well it explains the various pawn structures and piece groupings that arise from the subject opening. If it just presents a lot of data, doesn't explain much, then beware. With that in mind, I have to say that I still get a lot of value from John Nunn's Beating the Sicilian volume 1, even though it is 40 years old and many of his recommendations are obsolete. He was just that good at pointing out where attacking possibilities arise, and how defensive resources can be found. There are other books of similar structure and value, but that one stands out, in my estimation.

I also get a lot from the games collections of history's great players, provided that they are well annotated for my level of play. (I'm an A class player in Canada, btw. Been over and under 2000 a number of times, but never kept my rating above the line long enough to consider myself an expert) Nunn's Secrets of Grandmaster Play is very good, partly because much of the prose was written by a master (Peter Griffiths) who was already a successful writer and teacher before the two of them teamed up. I also get a lot from the classics by Alekhin, Keres, Botvinnik and Fischer, but they were writing for a stronger audience than me.

But that, I suspect, is probably the key element. Is the author writing for you, or for a different player with different needs?

Have a look at Practical Middlegame Tips by Edmar Mednis. Not exactly what you are describing but maybe close enough.

I agree that I used the word "randomly" wrongly. I didn't know how to express myself. What I meant is Pachman's intention wasn't to organize the themes by openings family, and I understand that was his choice.

I believe I'm not as lost as I was before this post, because, after checking the sample of Soltis' Pawn Structure Chess, I believe that's the kind of stuff I was looking for. As all of you can see, I didn't know how to ask what I was looking for. But now I know that what I need is a book about pawn structure.

Have a look at the excerpt of Chess Structures by Rios at the link. It may be the sort of book you're looking for.

qualitychess.co.uk/products/1/235/chess_structures_-_a_grandmaster_guide_by_mauricio_flores_rios/

You might also look at Sokolov's middlegame books published by "New in Chess".

The opening plan sets the stage for the middle game. The middle game sets the stage for the end game. If you cannot visualize an end game, than remain in the middle game and avoid exchanging until you have a strategy.

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