Barlov - Dynamic Play In The World Champions’ Masterpieces

Barlov - Dynamic Play In The World Champions’ Masterpieces. Livre en anglais sur la stratégie au jeu d'échecs. For quite some time it is a well-established intention of every chess player to play in a dynamic manner, to seize the initiative. So, what is the initiative, what does it consist of? Basically, if a player positions his forces on the most active squares, creating constant threats, thus forcing the opponent to defend without any glimpse of counter-play - he owns the initiative.
José Raúl Capablanca understood the power of initiative very well and was able to apply it in his games brilliantly. He used to stress the significance of the first move and the advantage-initiative White naturally gets. White is obliged to maintain the initiative as long as possible, and to exchange it to some other kind of material advantage when the circumstances are favorable.