By IM John Donaldson, USA Olympic Team Captain and author
Understanding before Moving 3: Sicilian Structures Part Three Dragon – Sveshnikov – Four Knights by Herman Grooten is the final (massive!) volume in a trilogy designed to teach the core ideas of different variations of the Sicilian. The present work covers the Dragon, Accelerated Dragon, Sveshnikov, Kalashnikov, and Four Knights. Grooten offers theorical overviews, then presents carefully and comprehensively annotated games, and concludes with exercises to test what the reader has learned. This is a great series that will benefit a wide range of readers from 1600 to 2400.
