num_pages: 180
description: Soviet super-GM Lev Polugaevsky one of the world's leading players over the last quarter of a century has several times been a Candidate for the World Championship. He presents here 64 of his best games selected and grouped to give a clear impression of how victory is gained in chess. Among the points he singles out a fundamental knowledge of the openings skill in attack and defense strategic planning endgame technique and  a factor of increasing significance  the psychology of play in critical situations. Grandmaster Performance is the follow-up book to the acclaimed book Grandmaster Preparation by Lev Polugaevsky. Grandmaster Preparation was primarily concerned with the discovery and development of a new chess opening that became known as the Polugaevsky Variation. This book is a collection of deeply analyzed and instructive grandmaster games by Polugaevsky.
language: Russian
title: Grandmaster Performance
publisher: Pergamon