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 In 2008 I was already pondering about battlements . Finally these ideas get imbedded in a bigger framework. There are all sorts of positional middlegame books out there. Like HTRYC for instance. The problem with these books is that they leave you with a lot of loose dots without connecting them. You cannot make a checklist of all these points. That is not workable. This means that I can only work with what I can relate to a framework that provides context. This way it becomes more easy to evaluate the points. And to value them when there are two conflicting interests. I only understand what I can relate to my framework. The framework provides the context. Recently, my framework got two big extensions: Invasion. Before an assault or a winning endgame sits the invasion. Attack on two fronts can mean two invasions Currently I'm studying space via the Chessable course The Positional Chess Patterns Manual. Space without context leads easily to misinterpretation. The course helps m...

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