In this book, one of the strongest grandmasters in the world reveals his methods of work at various moments of a chess game: during preparation for a meeting with a specific opponent, in the process of analyzing positions. In the same book, the author tells the story of the emergence of one of the formations in the Sicilian defense, named after the author "the Polugaevsky variation". In general, the work reveals the laboratory of the grandmaster. The book is intended for highly qualified chess players.
