{"id":62551,"date":"2026-03-11T09:42:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T09:42:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chessgamesemporium.com\/shop\/nekategorizirano\/winning-chess-middlegames-volume-2\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T09:00:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T09:00:23","slug":"winning-chess-middlegames-volume-2","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/chessgamesemporium.com\/en\/shop\/chess-books\/strategy-and-tactics-2\/winning-chess-middlegames-volume-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Winning Chess Middlegames &#8211; Volume 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Author:<\/strong> Ivan Sokolov<br \/>\n<strong>Release year:<\/strong> 2024<br \/>\n<strong>Language:<\/strong> English<br \/>\n<strong>Pages:<\/strong> 284<br \/>\n<strong>Cover:<\/strong> soft<\/p>\n<p>Winning Chess Middlegames \u2013 Volume 2 is a practical guide to the pawn structures that arise after openings with the first move 1.e4. Ivan Sokolov explains the key motifs, typical plans, and the transition from the opening to the middlegame in an understandable way.<\/p>\n<p>The book covers important pawn structures from openings such as the Ruy Lopez, Italian Game, Petroff Defence, Sicilian Defence, Hedgehog setup, Sveshnikov, and the French Winawer. It is ideal for players who want to deepen their strategic understanding and improve their middlegame play.<\/p>\n<p>\u2753 Not sure which chess book is best for you? Try our AI chess book advisor and describe your level, what you are looking for and which areas of chess interest you the most. In seconds, it will recommend the books that best match your goals and playing style.<\/p>\n<div class=\"book-ai-cta\"><a class=\"book-ai-cta-button\" href=\"https:\/\/chessgamesemporium.com\/en\/ai-knjige\/\">\ud83e\udd16 AI chess book advisor \u2013 find the right book<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"book-ai-cta\"><a class=\"book-ai-cta-button\" href=\"\/en\/product-category\/chess-books\/\">\ud83d\udd17  See more chess books<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Winning Chess Middlegames \u2013 Volume 2 explains typical pawn structures arising from openings after 1.e4 and shows how to transition from the opening into correct strategic plans in the middlegame.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/chessgamesemporium.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/9183.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Quick look<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":62558,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"Winning Chess Middlegames Vol. 2 \u2013 Obvladajte srednjo igro | ChessGamesEmporium","_seopress_titles_desc":"%%post_excerpt%%","_seopress_robots_index":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[608,512],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-62551","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-strategija-in-taktika","7":"product_cat-sahovske-knjige","8":"pa_avtor-ivan-sokolov","9":"pa_leto-izdaje-1023","10":"pa_nivo-knjige-napredni","11":"pa_nivo-knjige-srednji","12":"pa_stran-oboje-nevtralno","13":"pa_tip-knjige-srednja-igra-strategija","14":"pa_zalozba-new-in-chess","16":"entry","17":"has-media","19":"first","20":"instock","21":"taxable","22":"shipping-taxable","23":"purchasable","24":"product-type-simple","25":"has-product-nav","26":"col","27":"span_1_of_4","28":"owp-content-center","29":"item-entry","30":"owp-thumbs-layout-horizontal","31":"owp-btn-normal","32":"owp-tabs-layout-section","33":"has-no-thumbnails"},"wcpa_form_fields":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chessgamesemporium.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/62551","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chessgamesemporium.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chessgamesemporium.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chessgamesemporium.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62551"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chessgamesemporium.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/62551\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chessgamesemporium.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chessgamesemporium.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chessgamesemporium.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=62551"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chessgamesemporium.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=62551"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chessgamesemporium.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=62551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}