Semkov: Playing for a Win with ...b6 - A full repertoire against 1.d4 and 1.c4! topmaterial His bestselling four-volume work Mastering

His bestselling four-volume work Mastering the Chess Openings has reaffirmed his reputation as a perceptive and authoritative chess opening writer

Traps are undoubtedly considered particularly attractive when they lure the opponent to their doom with cunning and trickery

Experienced Russian chess master Yakov Neishtadt has selected those examples that have the biggest instructional value for club players

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Semkov: Playing for a Win with ...b6 - A full repertoire against 1.d4 and 1.c4! topmaterial His bestselling four-volume work MasteringThe author proposes a full repertoire against 1. d4 and 1. c4, which is theoretically sound and leads to sharp, strategically unbalanced positions. It is based on the so called English Defence 1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 or 1. c4 b6. A great deal of the book is devoted to White's tries to deviate from theoretical dispute and transfer the game into the Queen's Indian with g3. Contents: 1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 Chapter 1. Taking the Centre e4 without Nc3 Chapter 2.