Semkov: Playing for a Win with ...b6 - A full repertoire against 1.d4 and 1.c4! topmaterial His bestselling four-volume work Mastering

His bestselling four-volume work Mastering the Chess Openings has reaffirmed his reputation as a perceptive and authoritative chess opening writer

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The most important openings

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Many instructional chess books tell you how to improve a position when it is already (or may be) favorable

Semkov: Playing for a Win with ...b6 - A full repertoire against 1.d4 and 1.c4! topmaterial His bestselling four-volume work MasteringThe author proposes a full repertoire against 1. d4 and 1. c4, which is theoretically sound and leads to sharp, strategically unbalanced positions. It is based on the so called English Defence 1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 or 1. c4 b6. A great deal of the book is devoted to White's tries to deviate from theoretical dispute and transfer the game into the Queen's Indian with g3. Contents: 1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 Chapter 1. Taking the Centre e4 without Nc3 Chapter 2.