Efstratios Grivas – The Anti-Sicilian Bible – A Complete Repertoire for Black – 520 pages. ISBN 9789464201611, Teaser [PDF] - The Anti-Sicilian Bible We must be trained not only in concrete opening moves, but on the middlegame, the endgame and the tactical part of the opening in question. And this is exactly what this book offers: a complete structural think-tank…
Viktor Erdos – The Modernized Arkhangelsk Variation. 408 pages. 9789464201598. Teaser [PDF] - The Modernized Arkhangelsk Variation My aim with the book was to provide you with a lot of insights into this remarkable variation, The Ark, and to entertain the reader with spectacular, resourceful lines to illustrate the ideas. Thus, I must stress that my book should also be…
Adrien Demuth - The Modernized Sicilian Kan – ISBN 9789464201383 – 260 pages. Teaser [PDF] - The Modernized Sicilian Kan "I have always been interested by less theoretical Sicilians. I have been playing the Classical Sicilian for a long time and right before the covid period, I decided to find a new one. The Sicilian Kan came to me as…
Efstratios Grivas – The Modernized Grivas Sicilian – ISBN 9789464201390 – 512 pages. Teaser [PDF] - The Modernized Grivas Sicilian ‘To my mind there is quite a straightforward explanation. In order to profit from the initiative granted by the first move, White has to make use of his opportunity to do something before Black has an equal number of opportunities…
Lukasz Jarmula – The Bg5 Najdorf Revisited – Volume 2 – ISBN 9789464201352 – 416 pages. Teaser [PDF] - The Bg5 Najdorf Revisited – Volume 2 Do you relish the prospect of setting your opponent awkward problems from the early start of the game? If so, you should just continue reading, for in the Bg5 Najdorf, it’s every man for…
Lukasz Jarmula – The Najdorf Bg5 Revisited – Volume 1 – ISBN 9789464201338 – 352 pages. Teaser [PDF] - The Najdorf Bg5 Revisited – Volume 1 Do you relish the prospect of setting your opponent awkward problems from the early start of the game? If so, you should just continue reading, for in the Bg5 Najdorf, it’s every man for…
Zenon Franco Ocampos - Miguel Najdorf - El Viejo - Life, Games & Stories - ISBN 9789464201130 - 720 pages. Teaser [PDF] - Miguel Najdorf - El Viejo - Life, Games & Stories How could anyone not remember Najdorf’s sayings, repeated again and again, as entertaining as the first time he said them: “I had a ve-e-ery wise aunt, who…
Ravi Haria – The Modernized Anti-Sicilians – Volume 1 – Rossolimo Variation – ISBN 9789464201055– 520 pages. Teaser [PDF] - The Modernized Anti-Sicilians – Volume 1 – Rossolimo Variation "For too long, Anti-Sicilian rhetoric has centred on the logic of simplicity, geared towards reaching playable positions with easy plans while simultaneously avoiding depths of theory. The danger of this logic…
"I got to know Sethu more closely a few years back when we trained together a few times. I found him to be meticulous in his preparation and especially at home in complex positions. These qualities make him perfect for these two Sicilans and I am sure after reading this book, you (the reader) will be ready to confidently explore…
"At first, you start wondering why Black weakens the d5-square (5…e5) and then step by step you realize the dynamic potential of Black’s opening strategy. The ensuing positions contain a lot of imbalances, which makes it a very attractive opening to play for a win at any level." ~ Robert Ris Teaser [PDF] - Robert Ris - The Modernized Sveshnikov
"But I am writing for an audience that, by and large, is not interested in chess as a memory contest. So I’m not going to offer you lots of novelties and dense variation trees. On the contrary. The approach is to take the reader into the seemingly impenetrable labyrinth of variations without flinching, but then to base my comments on…