Avrukh: 1.d4 Grandmaster Repertoire 11 - Beating 1.d4 Sidelines (hardcover) the big greek contained one photograph

contained one photograph

Each game is a themed lesson on an important chess topic

as he traces his development from one of many gifted chess-playing children to a powerful international grandmaster

Sokolov takes us inside the mind of a chess genius

scrabble and many others

Avrukh: 1.d4 Grandmaster Repertoire 11 - Beating 1.d4 Sidelines (hardcover) the big greek contained one photographMost players are comfortable using their favourite defence against 1. d4 followed by c2 c4, but it is not always easy to find an antidote to the many sidelines at White's disposal. From the bodacious Blackmar Diemer Gambit, to the villainous Veresov, to fiendish fianchetto systems to the treacherous Trompowsky, Black must be ready to meet a whole array of slippery systems, each bringing its own unique dangers and challenges. Grandmaster Repertoire 11