Prepare to Attack

“Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.”- Abraham LincolnThere’s no escaping the fact: if you want to win chess games, you have to attack at some point. Many players are happy solving combinations in winning positions, when the hard work is already done, but the key to a successful attack undoubtedly comes much earlier. No-one can attack effectively if they haven’t prepared properly, and yet planning in chess can be a difficult technique to...