In the ninth volume of the series, Petersburg Grandmaster Alexander Khalifman continues his story about the methods of the struggle with whites against the Sicilian defense. The author examines a number of rare variants of the black game, as well as the main scheme in the Paulsen system.

In the tenth volume, Petersburg grandmaster Alexander Khalifman talks about one of the most popular debut systems of recent times - the Chelyabinsk version of the Sicilian defense. The author proposes a number of new ideas, thanks to which white players can count on getting an advantage.

Coated Paper Play & nbsp; the & nbsp; Semi - Tarrasch ! - & nbsp; Part & nbsp; 2 & nbsp; is now up-to-date release. This is the most frequently played tournament. Tibor K & opening opening in about about about about about about about Together with the first part, Tarrasch & nbsp; repertoire with black.

Coated Paper. & quot; Play the Semi-Tarrasch! - Part 1 and Part 2 & quot; written by IM Tibor K & aacute; rolyi. The Semi-Tarrasch is one of the most popular openings. Tibor K & opening opening in about about about about about about about White e4, all the lines without e4. It’s Semi-Tarrasch. & nbsp;

Coated Paper. Matthieu Cornette shares his best theoretician of his life nowadays - The Ragozin defense. & nbsp; I was still amazed by this opening message. I love it and I love it; Relatively easy to play, with a good positional background, but for the chess literature. & quot; Matthieu Cornette.

The modern protection of Philidor is a very strong, strategically rich debut with a wide variety of pawn structures, which can become your primary weapon in response to 1.e4. As a rule, White studies this protection in the last place, because they have enough urgent problems in other open and half-open principles, and meanwhile, the game of "general considerations" is contraindicated here. How many times has it been that the whites, lulled by the "timid" appearance of the rival, unwittingly relaxed, began to act superficially and reminisced only when their party was already inevitably rolling under the slope! It is no accident that the protection of Filidor included in its repertoire dozens of leading contemporary grandmasters, including representatives of the elite. The new work of the well-known journalist, international master Vladimir Barsky is both a textbook and a reference: to quickly include the new scheme in the repertoire, it is enough to study the Brief Overview and sample games, and the section "Step by Step" will help to penetrate deeper into the secrets of the debut.

How to get the advantage of white in the "Spaniard"

The universal weapon. 1. d4 d6 "is a modern, compact and well-thought-out debut repertoire for Black in response to almost any closed beginning.The basis of the book is two unique schemes: 2. c4 e5 and 2. Kf3 Cg4, where black seek from the very first moves to concretize the position, to force the opponent to play the move.If your arsenal already includes the modern protection of Philidor or the protection of Pirce-Ufimtsev, then this monograph will help to completely solve the problem of black color. The new work of the famous journalist and trainer, international master Vladimir Barsky is both a textbook and a reference book. To quickly include a new scheme in the repertoire, you just need to study the "Overview" and sample games, and to penetrate deeper into the secrets of the debut will help the section "Step by step"

How to dumbfound the enemy. In English.

In hardly any other opening does the second player get so many chances for an early initiative as in the Chigorin Defense 1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6. Among its practitioners are A. Morozevich and I. Miladinovic, as well as various other strong grandmasters. Nevertheless, for a long time the Chigorin Defense had a dubious reputation. Only the success of the players just mentioned, combined with the appearance of the first German edition of this book in 2001 gradually changed this. This now thoroughly updated essential work on the Chigorin offers 115 games scrutinised in detail, explains all the strategic principles and therefore creates a solid theoretical basis for the defense. The author is a Ukrainian IM who now lives in Stuttgart / Germany. This book founded his reputation as a respected theoretician. “The contents are first-class and the author has put a tremendous amount of work into the book. Material is drawn from nearly all possible sources and the author has added an abundance of original analysis, improvements, and sug-gestions of his own. ” (Carsten Hansen on Chesscafe, Checkpoint May 2005) “It will not only become the Chigorin Defense bible for many years to come, but it establishes the Chigorin as a sound defense deserving respect.” (John Watson, The Week in Chess, Book Reviews # 46)