Side-Stepping Mainline Theory

Side-Stepping Mainline TheorySpend more study time on whats really decisive in your games! The average chess player spends too much time on studying opening theory. In his day, World Chess Champion Emanuel Lasker argued that improving amateurs should spend about 5% of their study time on openings. These days club players are probably closer to 80%, often focusing on opening lines that are popular among grandmasters. Club players shouldnt slavishly copy the choices of

A special training section includes more than 530 exercises for a user to solve

Year of Publication: 2010 (2nd)

Pages: 257

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Slobodan Mirkovic systemized about five thousand matches from World top chess players practice

Valeri explains both theory and demonstrates in practice

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future champion Mikhail Botvinnik and challengers Paul Keres

while Karpov had to prove himself in a tournament of elite Grandmasters as the prelude to his title defense against the young genius from Baku

The Roman and Rybka opening series will help you get an advantage over your opponent by arming you with original and unknown theory

International Master and Senior FIDE Trainer Andrew Martin will teach you how to play this sharp