Irrational Complications The following piece of analysis is taken from chapter five of Dvoretsky’s Analytical Manual. As customary, Dvoretksy’s introduction follows:
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Mark Dvoretsky
Mark Dvoretsky is widely regarded as one of the best chess teachers ever. And indeed, many young Russian talents went through his hands and a lot of them managed to gain the Grandmaster title.
Unfortunately, he has left us prematurely on September 26, 2017, at the age of “only” 69. The silver lining is that he has left us with a huge amount of publications which present a great training material, and many chess players owe the rise of their ELO rating to this great teacher.
Recently, I’ve started reading his masterpiece, Dvoretsky’s Analytical Manual and I have to admit, this book made me realize how far I am from chess mastery.
I was so fascinated with it, that I immediately become one of Dvoretsky’s preachers and posted one position as a part of a Quora answer. The answer attracted some interest and I have realized that it might be useful to post Dvoretsky’s work and make his examples available to the broader public.
That’s why, in this series of posts, we will take positions from his publications and let the readers solve them.
LEARN FROM MARK DVORETSKY – POSTS
Learn from Mark Dvoretsky – Part One – Variational Debris
Learn from Mark Dvoretsky – Part Two – Play Like Computer
Learn from Mark Dvoretsky – Part Three – Surprises in Calculating Variations
Learn from Mark Dvoretsky – Part Four – Combinative Fireworks
Learn from Mark Dvoretsky – Part Five – The Shrub
Learn from Mark Dvoretksy – Part Six – The Trunk
Learn from Mark Dvoretsky – Part Seven – Irrational Complications
Learn From Mark Dvoretsky – Part Six – The “Trunk”
The “Trunk” The following exercise is taken from chapter two of Dvoretsky’s Analytical Manual. This is what Dvoretsky had to say about this chapter: From our search for brilliant combinations, we turn to the more prosaic, though…
Learn From Mark Dvoretsky – Part Five – The “Shrub”
The “Shrub” The following exercise is taken from chapter four of Dvoretsky’s Analytical Manual. In this chapter, the reader’s goal is trying to find the best Candidate moves for the Black side of the two…
Learn From Mark Dvoretsky – Part Four – Combinative Fireworks
Combinative Fireworks The following exercise is chapter one from the famous book, Dvoretsky’s Analytical Manual. This is what Dvoretsky had to say about this position: Not long ago, I reexamined an exercise from my notebook, in which White…
Learn from Mark Dvoretsky – Part Three – Surprises in calculating variations
Surprises in Calculating Variations The following endgame is chapter six from the famous book, Dvoretsky’s Analytical Manual. This is what Dvoretsky has to say about this position: The diagrammed position, taken from a game plaed in the English…
Learn from Mark Dvoretsky – Part Two – Play Like a Computer
Play Like a Computer The following endgame is chapter ten from the famous book, Dvoretsky’s Analytical Manual.
Learn from Mark Dvoretsky – Part One – Variational Debris
Variational Debris Mark Dvoretsky is widely regarded as one of the best chess teachers ever. And indeed, many young Russian talents went through his hands and a lot of them managed to gain the Grandmaster…