Encyclopedia of Middlegame II was written by GM Alexander Kalinin. The CD contains a course Typical Plans and Methods in the Most Popular Openings.
The following openings are viewed: Sicilian defense (Dragon, Najdorf, Paulsen variations), Ruy Lopez (Open variation, Exchanged Variation), Kings gambit, Italian game, Evans gambit, Pirc-Ufimtsev, Alekhines defense, Nimzo-Indian defense, Queens-Indian defense, Queens gambit, Modern Benoni).
The program is not another Middlegame I version but a completely new program supplied with the wholly different material.
- Over 650 thoroughly annotated and classified instructive examples
- More than 600 exercises for you to solve
- 150 typical positions to train and play against Crafty, the built-in playing engine
- No additional software required