The Dragon variant "in the Sicilian defense is stably included in the repertoire of chess players of an active style of the game. His fifteen-century practice shows that devotees of the elephant's development on g7 are not going to surrender their frontiers. I knew "Dragon" and the star clock, when it was used by elite grandmasters. In the match for the world championship Kasparov-Anand in 1995, the position of the black was successfully defended by the 13th world champion. There is a "Dragon" and in the field of view of the modern elite - it is enough to name the names of Teymur Rajabov, world champion Magnus Carlsen. "Variant of the Dragon" - among the most difficult debuts, used in modern tournament practice. The author considers the main weapon against the Dragon - "Rauser attack". The book examines the main directions in this version, including the development of the 21st century, including the so-called "Chinese dragon"

Series “Russian Chess Report”. M. 1994-96. A detailed study of the opening version: 5 lecture games and 305 games with brief comments.

This book, grandmaster Alexei Kornev, completes the construction of the debut repertoire based on 1.d2-d4! The third volume deals with rare black answers on the first move, as well as the Dutch defense and various black defenses after 1.d4 Кf6 2.c4. The main place in this book is the analysis of the protection Nimtsovich

The new work of the legendary Victor Korchnoi and Grandmaster Alexander Kalinin "Walks with French Defense" is devoted to the investigation of the popular semi-open beginning 1.e4 e6. V.Korchnoy for her long and brilliant chess career not only successfully applied French defense, but also "generated" ideas that promoted the theory of this debut. Being one of the main experts in the world in the field of French defense, he repeatedly applied this principle in the matches for the world championship. Now you have a unique opportunity to touch the creative laboratory of an outstanding grandmaster. The first volume includes a historical review of the development of the ideas of the French defense, analyzes of various modifications of the exchange version and the version of Nimcovic. Along with the modern state of the theory of the basic variants of the debut, the issues of its strategic content are discussed in detail.

The new work of the legendary Victor Korchnoi and grandmaster Alexander Kalinin is devoted to the study of the popular semi-open beginning 1.e4 e6. V.Korchnoy for her long and brilliant chess career not only successfully applied French defense, but also "generated" ideas that promoted the theory of this debut. Being one of the main experts in the French defense, he repeatedly applied this beginning in matches for the world championship. Now you have a unique opportunity to visit the creative laboratory of an outstanding grandmaster. Along with the modern state of the theory of the basic variants of the debut, the issues of its strategic content are discussed in detail. The second volume is devoted to various modifications of the idea of ​​A. Rubinshtein connected with the exchange in the center d5: e4, and the classical system.

The new work of the legendary Victor Korchnoi and grandmaster Alexander Kalinin is devoted to the study of the popular semi-open beginning 1.e4 e6. V.Korchnoy for her long and brilliant chess career not only successfully applied French defense, but also "generated" ideas that promoted the theory of this debut. Being one of the main experts in the French defense, he repeatedly applied this beginning in matches for the world championship. Now you have a unique opportunity to visit the creative laboratory of an outstanding grandmaster. Along with the modern state of the theory of the basic variants of the debut, the issues of its strategic content are discussed in detail. The final third volume is devoted to the most popular ramifications of the French defense - the Vinaver variant and the Tarrash variant.

The work of the legendary Viktor Korchnoi and Grandmaster Alexander Kalinin "Walks with the French Defence" is dedicated to the study of the popular semi-open opening 1.e4 e6. During his long and brilliant chess career, V. Korchnoi not only successfully applied the French Defense, but also "generated" ideas that pushed forward the theory of this opening. Being one of the world's leading experts in the French Defense, he used this opening more than once in world championship matches. Now you have a unique opportunity to touch the creative laboratory of an outstanding grandmaster. The first volume includes a historical overview of the development of the ideas of the French Defence, analyzes of various modifications of the Exchange Variation and the Nimzowitsch Variation. Along with the current state of the theory of the main variations of the opening, questions of its strategic content are covered in detail.

In this book, grandmaster Denis Yevseyev proposes a new way of fighting the French defense: 3. Kd2, followed by placing the pieces according to the Kgf3, Cd3, c3, 0-0 scheme for ANY order of black moves, which sooner or later leads to exchanges in the center and the formation of white isolated pawns. Therefore, the third part of the book is entirely devoted to the study of middle spiel positions with an “insulator” arising on the considered branches of the French defense. Almost the only way to deviate from the game with an “isolator” is the Rubinstein variant (3 ... dхe4), which is thoroughly analyzed in the first part of the book /

In this book, St. Petersburg grandmaster and coach Evgeny Solzhennikin tells of one of the most difficult schemes in the Spanish party - the Zaitsev system. It represents an optimal combination of the reliability of the position and the opportunity to engage in a complex struggle. Learning to play it correctly, the reader at the same time will improve the understanding of chess as a whole, since he will need to be able to orient himself in double-edged middlegame positions, and competently play in the endgame. The book gives a complete repertoire for Black, starting with 3 ... a6 and ending with a super-fashionable version of Svidler. Based on many years of independent application and training of Zaitsev's system of his students, the author makes a conclusion about the reliability of the position of black

In this book, Konstantin Sakaev, a world-class theorist, talks about his favorite debut - the defense of Grünfeld with 7.Cc4. He has won numerous victories in this debut over many famous chess players. For the first time, such in-depth original analyzes of an extra-class grandmaster will now be available to all readers.