Fritz Trainer: Secret Weapons of Champions: Adrian Mikhalchishin

Modern middlegame theory doesn't exist in written form — it lives in the games of the great champions. In this Fritz Trainer course, GM Adrian Mikhalchishin unlocks the secret positional weapons that defined the Soviet chess school, teaching you the powerful methods that separated the world's best from everyone else.

The course covers Botvinnik's famous "flank against centre" strategy, one of the cornerstones of positional play; Petrosian's white square strategy and mastery of space control; Tal's art of changing the material balance — rook and pawn against two pieces; and the legendary secret positional rule of the Soviet chess school, invented by GM Makogonov (trainer of Vassily Smyslov). These are the tools that champions used to outmanoeuvre opponents who couldn't see what was happening until it was too late.

• Key themes: Botvinnik's flank vs centre, Petrosian's white square strategy, Tal's material imbalances, Makogonov's positional rule
• Instructor: GM Adrian Mikhalchishin
• Format: Fritz Trainer Digital Download