Zenon Franco has regularly annotated top-level games for more than a quarter of a century.  He has drawn upon this vast
experience to present 50 hugely instructive games illustrating a wide variety of chess ideas, reinforced by 13 supplementary games and 45 exercises.
 
Key themes are illustrated by several games, so that we gain a well-rounded appreciation of the relevant ideas, and develop foresight that will enable us to make the right decisions at the board by anticipating problems before they arise.
 
Features:

• Pawn Sacrifice
• Exchange Sacrifice
• The Art of Manoeuvering
• The Second Weakness
• Permanent vs Temporary Advantages
• Regrouping
• The King's Destiny
• 'Strange' Exchanges
• Denying the Opponent Squares
• The Central Breakthrough

Zenon Franco is a grandmaster from Paraguay who now lives in Spain.  He is an experienced chess trainer, his most notable pupil being Paco Vallejo Pons, now one of the world's top grandmasters whom he taught from 1995 to 1999.

Specifications:

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Gambit Publications (May 20, 2006)
• Language: English
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.8 x 0.5 inches