Hansen/Lakdawala: Origins: Ruy Lopez: Book II: Specialty Lines after 3...a6 Strategie Tournament-tested repertoire suitable for elite

Tournament-tested repertoire suitable for elite and serious club players

In addition to the theoretical explanations

- Traps & tricks are visually marked

which could be of interest to any chess fan

This contrasts with traditional approaches that contest the centre immediately

Hansen/Lakdawala: Origins: Ruy Lopez: Book II: Specialty Lines after 3...a6 Strategie Tournament-tested repertoire suitable for eliteToday's openings are reruns of an old sitcom that we have all seen a hundred times before, while for players in the past, life on the chess board was wild, unexplored territory. Learning the details of that gigantic entity, the Ruy Lopez (from either side), is on par with the time that hateful 7th grade teacher made us memorize the capital cities of every country in the world in alphabetical order! The Origins series is an attempt at a "big picture"