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Modernized Catalan - Volume 1
A Complete Opening Repertoire for White
Av Csonka
Inbunden, 2025
524 kr
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Why Play the Catalan Opening?If you're looking for an opening that combines strategic depth with long-term pressure, the Catalan Opening is a top-tier choice. It’s favored by world champions like Vladimir Kramnik and Magnus Carlsen for good reason: the Catalan blends solid positional play with …
Modernized Petrov's Defense
A Complete Opening Repertoire for Black
Inbunden, 2024
372 kr
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A Solid and Reliable Opening: The Petrov’s DefenseThe Petrov’s Defense (also known as the Russian Defense) is an underrated gem in classical chess, offering solid play and excellent counterattacking opportunities. While it might not enjoy the same spotlight as the Ruy Lopez or Sicilian Defense, …
Modernized Ruy Lopez - Volume 1
A Complete Repertoire for White
Av Swiercz
Häftad, 2021
361 kr
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The Ruy Lopez is one of the most popular openings of all time. It is a frequent guest in the games of players around the world from novice to Grandmaster. As a result of the increased power of analysis engines the theory of the Ruy Lopez has greatly expanded. Lines that did not exist years ago have …
Modernized Modern Benoni
Av Kovalchuk
Häftad, 2021
327 kr
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The Modern Benoni is one of the most controversial but also dynamic answers to 1.d4. This opening remained the favorite of famous attacking players as Tal, Kasparov, Gashimov and Topalov. From the outset, Black creates a new pawn structure and deploying his active piece play against White’s central …
Modernized Anti-Sicilians - Volume 1
Rossolimo Variation
Av Haria
Häftad, 2021
361 kr
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The ‘Anti-Sicilians’ have invariably been a popular choice at all levels of the game. Analysis of this opening in previous literature has rarely been extensive due to the misconception that Anti-Sicilians are simplistic and thus, easy to play ‘by hand’. While maintaining the ideals of …
Modernized Italian Game for White
Av Kalinin, Kalinichenko
Häftad, 2021
349 kr
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The Italian Game is the front-line of modern chess. After a hundred years of oblivion, in the 21st century, it edged out many other renowned openings, and is employed today by all the world’s top players. Its modern interpretation is full of new ideas, and its theory has grown thanks to the …
Modernized Ruy Lopez - Volume 2
Complete Opening Repertoire for White
Av Swiercz
Häftad, 2021
341 kr
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I would like to thank you for purchasing this book, I really appreciate it. It also means that you found an interest in my work of trying to crack the Ruy Lopez. As I said in the introduction to the first volume, I had no idea what I was signing up for when deciding to write a book on Ruy Lopez. …
Modernized Open Ruy Lopez
Häftad, 2021
277 kr
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The Open Spanish, Ruy Lopez is a variation that never givesa boring struggle. It’s one of the most active and dynamic defenses you willfind around. If Black is willing to learn the ideas and tactical twists thatunderpin this line, he has every chance to enjoy his winning chances. Our wellknown …
Modernized King's Indian - Averbakh Variation
Av Boekelman
Häftad, 2022
372 kr
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The Averbakh is a solid and respectable variation against the KID. It bears thename of the well-known Soviet grandmaster, theorist, and endgame specialistAverbakh (photo). Yuri Lvovich Averbakhis the oldest living grandmaster who recently celebrated his 99th birthday inMoscow on 8 February. In the …
Modernized Sicilian Kan
Häftad, 2022
337 kr
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When you are building your repertoire youhave many choices available against 1.e4. Everyone knows the Sicilian is themost dangerous reply but there are so many choices! Most of them are highlytheoretical such as the Najdorf or the Dragon. Some are very difficult tounderstand from a positional and …
Modernized Grivas Sicilian
Häftad, 2022
384 kr
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The Sicilian Defense is an opening that commences with the moves 1.e4 c5. TheSicilian Defense is the most popular and best-scoring response to White’s firstmove 1.e4. For example, 1.d4, is a statistically more successful opening forWhite because of the high success rate of the Sicilian Defense …
Modernized King's Indian - Mar del Plata
Häftad, 2022
313 kr
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Do you relish the prospect of setting youropponent awkward problems from the early start of the game? If so, you shouldjust continue reading, for in the Mar Del Plata and King's Indian, it’s every man for himself,and only the best informed and most creative resourceful player survive. This …
Modernized Arkhangelsk Variation
Av Viktor Erdos
Häftad, 2022
350 kr
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The Ark has always been consideredone of the theoretically-heaviest defenses in meeting the Ruy Lopez, thoughalso the most exciting and definitely the most beautiful of all.It requirestactical vision, good calculation and memory, but not just from us – from the Whiteside too. Let’s not forget that! …
Modernized Anti-Sicilians - Volume 2
Moscow Variation & Sidelines
Av Haria
Häftad, 2023
341 kr
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Thissecond and final volume of the Anti-Sicilian series covers our approach for allalternatives to 2…Nc6. The choice against 2…d6 was obvious. The Moscow variationis the only critical alternative to 3.d4 that has caused any concerns for Black– by developing with a tempo, we force Black to make an …
Modernized Anti-Sicilians - Volume 2
Moscow Variation & Sidelines
Av Haria
Inbunden, 2023
388 kr
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Thissecond and final volume of the Anti-Sicilian series covers our approach for allalternatives to 2…Nc6. The choice against 2…d6 was obvious. The Moscow variationis the only critical alternative to 3.d4 that has caused any concerns for Black– by developing with a tempo, we force Black to make an …
Modernized Queen's Gambit Declined
A Dynamic Repertoire for Black
Av Luis Rodi
Inbunden, 2024
400 kr
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The history of the Queen's Gambit is connected with the very beginnings of modern chess.The opening being cited in the earliest published books on the science game, such as the Göttingen manuscript (1490) and the books of Ruy Lopez (1561) and Salvio (1604). The so-called Queen's Gambit Declined—or …
Modernized Flank Attack
Av Christian Bauer, Paoli
Inbunden, 2024
432 kr
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You can hardly find a more unconventional idea than pushing your g-pawn 2 squares down the board. Some may say it belongs to a backroom chess game in a café, some may say it belongs to olden times – back when the King’s Gambit was the main line after 1. e4 e5. But we are seeing more and more …
Modernized London System
Inbunden, 2024
416 kr
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Although known for a long time, the London started to catch up in popularity just in the last decade or so.I guess the reason for this is probably the desire of many players to focus more on the practical side of chess, with less use of engines and less memorization of long theoretical lines, and …
Modernized Semi-Slav
Inbunden, 2024
414 kr
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The Semi-Slav Defense transcends its classification as a mere defensive response to 1.d4.It embodies a dynamic and multifaceted system that offers Black not only solidity in defense but also active counterplay and strategic flexibility. Here's why the Semi-Slav is more than just a defense:Rather …
Modernized Benko Gambit
Häftad, 2018
301 kr
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The Benko Gambit is the ideal way to fight and seize the initiative for Black. Grandmaster Perunovic revisited all the modern lines and provided unbiased coverage of the more recent ideas, the most important being the delay of the recapture on a6. He found and tested in practical play, many new but …
Modernized Nimzo-Queen's Gambit Declined Systems
Häftad, 2018
337 kr
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The Nimzo-Indian and Queen's Gambit Declined are amongst black's soundest and most universal answers to 1.d4. In his trademark style, Milos investigates the most positional ways to proceed after 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6. He analyses all the critical lines whilst also taking a close look at all the …
Modernized French Defense Volume 1 Winawer
Winawer
Häftad, 2019
307 kr
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The Winawer variation of the French is reached after 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4. This is one of the most exciting openings in the game. It’s an alternative universe with alternative rules. In return for the Bishop Black gets a rock solid pawn structure and lots of dynamic capabilities. It should not …
Modernized Sveshnikov
Av Robert Ris
Häftad, 2020
327 kr
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The Sveshnikov is undeniably one of the most dynamic and aggressive Sicilians available these days. Most recently, it was made popular again by World Champion Magnus Carlsen in his match against Fabiano Caruana at the end of 2018. The main lines lead to complex positions, and a deep knowledge and …
Modernized Marshall Attack
Häftad, 2020
289 kr
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This book is about the Marshall Attack and the lines which can be grouped together under the banner of the so-called Anti-Marshall. The theory has developed so much in the last decade that there is more than enough material to be going on with just in those areas, but I also decided to include a …
Modernized French Defense - Volume 2: Against the Tarrasch
Av Miedema
Häftad, 2020
301 kr
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The Tarrasch variation of the French Defense is reached after 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2. This is one of the most positional treatments White has available. Using his typical funny and dynamic writing style, David shows that it is possible to play solidly but also remain with the dynamic elements Black …
Modernized Modern Defense
Häftad, 2020
337 kr
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The Modern Defence is not a solid opening. In fact, on some level maybe it's not an opening at all. It's the Wild West of chess opening theory, a safe haven for true chess lovers who are just spoiling for a fight. The structures that can result are almost unlimited in their variety and the …
Modernized Trojan Knight 1.Nc3
A Complete Opening Repertoire for White
Av Dieu
Häftad, 2025
384 kr
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The idea of the move 1. Nc3 is to confuse the second player, as White plays a supposedly unambitious move to mislead Black. This is why we found the name "Trojan Horse" very appropriate for the move 1. Nc3, just as the gift from Ulysses to the Trojans appeared to be a tricky and poisoned gift. The …
Modernized Slav Defense
A Complete Opening Repertoire for Black
Av Andriasian
Inbunden, 2026
408 kr
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The Modernized Slav Defense presents a fresh and forward-looking approach to one of chess’s most reliable and respected openings. Long valued for its solid structure and positional resilience, the Slav Defense has evolved significantly in recent years—embracing dynamic ideas, sharper continuations, …
Modernized Janowski Variation
The Queen's Gambit Declined Redefined
Av Kovalchuk
Inbunden, 2026
444 kr
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The Janowski Variation of the Queen's Gambit Declined arises after 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 a6. Black plays …a6 to prepare the queenside expansion …b5 , aiming to challenge White’s c4 pawn and gain space. The idea was introduced by the Polish French grandmaster Dawid Janowski around the turn of the …
Modernized Colle-Zukertort Attack
Second Revised & Extended Edition
Inbunden, 2025
372 kr
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I have returned to my book from a few years ago, to an opening that at the time was a rare guest among books as a topic—and not only among books, but also in tournament practice. In the intervening years it has become very popular to use this old and somewhat forgotten method of playing and I have …
