For many chess-players, opening study is pure hard work. It is difficult to know what is important and what is not, and when specific knowledge is vital, or when a more general understanding is sufficient. Tragically once the opening is over, a player is puzzled what plan to follow, or even understand why his pieces are on the squares on which they sit.
Our author GM Dariusz Swiercz, continued in the second Volume of his series, and explains in a methodological way how to solve these issues when White proceeds with 3.Nf3 and g3.
He picked some aggressive options with the Ragozin and brings the ever popular Catalan to a stand still. Any chess player being Black would be much interested to find out how Dariusz decided on his final choices. We are convinced you won’t be disappointed with his second and final volume of this series.
SPIS TREŚCI:
004 Key to Symbols
007 PART I – Early Sidelines in the Queen’s Gambit Declined
009 Chapter 1 – Various Sidelines in the QGD
041 PART II – The Ragozin
043 Chapter 2 – Sidelines on Move 5
099 Chapter 3 – 5.Qa4
167 Chapter 4 – 5.Bg5
241 Chapter 5 – 5.cxd5
313 PART III – The Catalan
315 Chapter 6 – Catalan with Nc3
347 Chapter 7 – Catalan with Nbd2
385 Chapter 8 – Catalan with Bd2
