GM Amir Bagheri is an experienced player and coach from Monaco, and was the second-ever Iranian to achieve the grandmaster title.Mohammad Reza Salehzadeh is a FIDE Trainer and respected chess coach from Iran.

"This is the kind of book that the enthusiastic chess enthusiast who wants to take his game to a higher level should read cover to cover. Maybe not once, but several times. Not because it contains ambiguities. The commentary is well organized and very extensive, but it is necessary to get a good grasp of all topics. Because it is a very complex matter.In short, if there is one book you absolutely need to study this year, it is this book." -- Michel Hoetmer, www.schaaksite.nl

GM Amir Bagheri is an experienced player and coach from Monaco, and was the second-ever Iranian to achieve the grandmaster title.Mohammad Reza Salehzadeh is a FIDE Trainer and respected chess coach from Iran.

"This is the kind of book that the enthusiastic chess enthusiast who wants to take his game to a higher level should read cover to cover. Maybe not once, but several times. Not because it contains ambiguities. The commentary is well organized and very extensive, but it is necessary to get a good grasp of all topics. Because it is a very complex matter.In short, if there is one book you absolutely need to study this year, it is this book." -- Michel Hoetmer, www.schaaksite.nl