Isaac Lipnitsky: Questions of Modern Chess Theory

Questions of Modern Chess Theory is the lost masterpiece of Soviet chess literature. It was written by a double Ukrainian Champion, and published in the Soviet Union in 1956. Russian experts say it is one of the most important chess books of the 20th century, yet it has never been published in English, so only those few westerners who understood Russian, like Bobby Fischer, had the chance to read it. Questions of Modern Chess Theory has been edited to make it useful for the 21st century and is now accessible for the first time to an English-speaking audience.

Isaac Lipnitsky was a major player on the Soviet chess scene just after World War Two, strong enough to take the scalps of Keres, Smyslov and Petrosian. He would no doubt have been a household name had he not tragically passed away at a young age in 1959.

This is the missing link between Nimzowitsch´s My System and chess today, updated for the 21st century.

Contents:
- Introduction
- On the Opening
- The Centre
- The Centre and the Flanks
- Conquering the Centre from the Flanks
- Mobilizing the Pieces
- Evaluating the Position
- The Concrete Approach
- From Critical Positions to Settled Positions
- Positional Flair
- Plans in the Opening
- The Initiative
- Modern Gambits
- Opening and Middlegame
- Reevaluation of Values
- How Long Does a "Novelty" Last?
- How Is an Innovation Born?
- Index of Games and Fragments
- Appendix: Selected Games of Isaac Lipnitsky
- Index of Opponents