Answers.Body: <p><strong>tl;dr</strong>: Here are two  books that explicitly have material focused on this concept.</p>
  <p><strong>Seirawan &amp; Silman (2020)</strong> have a subsection dedicated to &quot;Color Control.&quot; Games analyzed include</p>
  <ul>
  <li>Damjanovic – Fischer (1970)</li>
  <li>Seirawan – Short (1982)</li>
  </ul>
  <p><strong>Weeramantry &amp; Euseibi (2020)</strong> include an entire section of the book for &quot;Weak Squares.&quot; The opening paragraph states</p>
  <blockquote>
  <p>&quot;The games in this section...illustrate how exploiting weak squares,
  whether on one or both colors, allows a player to infiltrate the
  opponent's position and develop a successful attack.&quot;</p>
  </blockquote>
  <p>Annotated games include:</p>
  <ul>
  <li>Alekhine – Yates (1922)</li>
  <li>Lamon – Weeramantry (1990)</li>
  <li>Harris – Weeramantry (1972)</li>
  <li>Tarrasch – Reti (1922)</li>
  <li>Alekhine – Yates (1923)</li>
  <li>Short – Timman (1991)</li>
  <li>Dobias – Podgorny (1952)</li>
  <li>Karpov – Shirov (1992)</li>
  <li>Taimanov – Najdorf (1953)</li>
  <li>R. Byrne – Fischer (1963)</li>
  <li>Fischer – Myagmarsuren (1967)</li>
  <li>Gelfand – Andreikin (2014)</li>
  <li>Weeramantry – Kumar (2004)</li>
  <li>Kramnik – Van Wely (2008)</li>
  <li>Graif – Ali Maranda (2019)</li>
  </ul>
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  <p><strong>References:</strong></p>
  <p>Seirawan, Yasser; Silman, Jeremy. 2020. <em>Winning Chess Strategies</em>, Everyman Chess, Blue Ridge Summit, PA. See pp. 101–107.</p>
  <p>Weeramantry, Sunil; Eusebi, Edward. 2020. <em>Best Lessons of a Chess Coach: Extended Edition</em>, Mongoose Press, Boston, MA. Note: Section B – Weak Squares, pp. 69–164.</p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>Bangiev.</p>
  <p>In case that wasn't a sufficient answer: Bangiev has invented
  his own training method, book e.g. <a href="https://www.amazon.de/Felderstrategie-Denkmethode-Alexander-Bangiev/dp/3939345067" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here</a> (no idea of an English
  version exists - he is a German trainer), which heavily relies
  on weak color complexes. Be warned that the method is disputed,
  to say the least (that even stands in the Wiki, which says
  something).
  Evidently already Nimzowitsch knew one or the other thing, as
  shown in this (also German, sorry) <a href="https://www.google.de/books/edition/Schachstrategie_f%C3%BCr_Vereinsspieler/T9YlDAAAQBAJ?hl=de&amp;gbpv=1&amp;dq=schach%20schwache%20farbkomplexe&amp;pg=PA150&amp;printsec=frontcover" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Google book search excerpt</a> which has a chapter on the theme.
  <a href="https://www.schachversand.de/improve-your-positional-chess.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">English book which has this as <em>one</em> theme.</a></p>
  
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Body: <p>Regarding weak color complexes and attacks on them, the games <a href="https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1136788" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Szabo-Geller</a> and <a href="https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1048646" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Geller-Najdorf</a> from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zurich_1953_chess_tournament" rel="nofollow noreferrer">1953 Candidates Tournament in Zurich</a> come to my mind, as well the more recent <a href="https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1573209" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Grischuk-Gelfand</a> from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linares_International_Chess_Tournament#2010" rel="nofollow noreferrer">2010 Linares tournament</a>. Of course, there are many others.</p>
  <p>Yet I don't know of a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess" rel="nofollow noreferrer">chess</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_strategy" rel="nofollow noreferrer">strategy</a> or positional book with at least one section dedicated to color complexes (how to make them weak, how to exploit the weakness).</p>
  <p>I would be glad to have references, if they exist.</p>
  
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Title: Color complexes
ThreadText: # Color complexes
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2022-02-24)
  
  Regarding weak color complexes and attacks on them, the games [Szabo-Geller](https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1136788) and [Geller-Najdorf](https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1048646) from the [1953 Candidates Tournament in Zurich](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zurich_1953_chess_tournament) come to my mind, as well the more recent [Grischuk-Gelfand](https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1573209) from the [2010 Linares tournament](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linares_International_Chess_Tournament#2010). Of course, there are many others.
  
  Yet I don't know of a [chess](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess) [strategy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_strategy) or positional book with at least one section dedicated to color complexes (how to make them weak, how to exploit the weakness).
  
  I would be glad to have references, if they exist.
  
  **Tags:** colour-complex
  
  
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  ## 2 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2022-02-24. Score: 2 | Accepted answer
  
  **tl;dr**: Here are two books that explicitly have material focused on this concept.
  
  **Seirawan & Silman (2020)** have a subsection dedicated to "Color Control." Games analyzed include
  
  * Damjanovic – Fischer (1970)
  * Seirawan – Short (1982)
  
  **Weeramantry & Euseibi (2020)** include an entire section of the book for "Weak Squares." The opening paragraph states
  
  > "The games in this section...illustrate how exploiting weak squares,
  > whether on one or both colors, allows a player to infiltrate the
  > opponent's position and develop a successful attack."
  
  Annotated games include:
  
  * Alekhine – Yates (1922)
  * Lamon – Weeramantry (1990)
  * Harris – Weeramantry (1972)
  * Tarrasch – Reti (1922)
  * Alekhine – Yates (1923)
  * Short – Timman (1991)
  * Dobias – Podgorny (1952)
  * Karpov – Shirov (1992)
  * Taimanov – Najdorf (1953)
  * R. Byrne – Fischer (1963)
  * Fischer – Myagmarsuren (1967)
  * Gelfand – Andreikin (2014)
  * Weeramantry – Kumar (2004)
  * Kramnik – Van Wely (2008)
  * Graif – Ali Maranda (2019)
  
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  [![image showing both book covers](https://i.sstatic.net/D8jrF.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/D8jrF.png)
  
  **References:**
  
  Seirawan, Yasser; Silman, Jeremy. 2020. *Winning Chess Strategies*, Everyman Chess, Blue Ridge Summit, PA. See pp. 101–107.
  
  Weeramantry, Sunil; Eusebi, Edward. 2020. *Best Lessons of a Chess Coach: Extended Edition*, Mongoose Press, Boston, MA. Note: Section B – Weak Squares, pp. 69–164.
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_2 on 2022-02-24. Score: 3
  
  Bangiev.
  
  In case that wasn't a sufficient answer: Bangiev has invented
  his own training method, book e.g. [here](https://www.amazon.de/Felderstrategie-Denkmethode-Alexander-Bangiev/dp/3939345067) (no idea of an English
  version exists - he is a German trainer), which heavily relies
  on weak color complexes. Be warned that the method is disputed,
  to say the least (that even stands in the Wiki, which says
  something).
  Evidently already Nimzowitsch knew one or the other thing, as
  shown in this (also German, sorry) [Google book search excerpt](https://www.google.de/books/edition/Schachstrategie_f%C3%BCr_Vereinsspieler/T9YlDAAAQBAJ?hl=de&gbpv=1&dq=schach%20schwache%20farbkomplexe&pg=PA150&printsec=frontcover) which has a chapter on the theme.
  [English book which has this as *one* theme.](https://www.schachversand.de/improve-your-positional-chess.html)
  
  
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