Pavlovic: Playing the Sveshnikov (paperback) Spielmaterial Judit Polgar describes her first

Judit Polgar describes her first moments of success and explains the chess ideas that led her there

The thought behind 1…c5 is this: 'OK

Countering the Queen's Gambit has Black covered for really every first move except 1

By the time Max was 24 – still at the top of his game – he was among the elite in the U

13TH WORLD CHESS CHAMPION

Pavlovic: Playing the Sveshnikov (paperback) Spielmaterial Judit Polgar describes her firstThe Sicilian Sveshnikov arises after the opening moves 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5, and is an ideal weapon based on sound principles of fast development and seizing central space. Decades of practical testing and analysis have proved the theoretical soundness of Blacks system, and its dynamic counterattacking potential makes it a popular choice among club players and top grandmasters alike. Serbian grandmaster Milos Pavlovic