In order to understand openings properly, the middlegame should actually be studied first. Because all plans in the middlegame link directly to the ideas from the opening. Almost everything is hung up on pawnstructures. Therefore, IM Herman Grooten takes the club chess player by the hand to take a closer look at common middlegame structures. Onthis video course Grooten discusses the basic ideas for both White and Black of a typical structure that can arise from various opening variants. This is ...