Hansen: Catastrophes & Tactics in the Chess Opening: Vol. 6 Open Sicilian Vereinsbedarf “Smerdon is the first to

“Smerdon is the first to treat the subject of swindling in a logical and systematic manner

Few would disagree that the Queen's Gambit is one of the most important openings in chess

American Grandmaster Reuben Fine grew up in the East Bronx in an impoverished Russian-Jewish family

die man gewöhnlich von einem guten Eröffnungsbuch erwartet

An in-depth examination of the ideas behind modern chess

Hansen: Catastrophes & Tactics in the Chess Opening: Vol. 6 Open Sicilian Vereinsbedarf “Smerdon is the first toThis book is a collection of games played by the best players in the world in which either White or Black wins in 15 moves or less either a result of brilliant chess tactics, an accumulation of mistakes or blunders. The chess opening variations in this volume are all the variations of the Open Sicilian Defense, such as: 1) The Najdorf Variation 2) The Scheveningen Variation 3) The Dragon & Accelerated Dragon Variations 4) The Classical Variation