Aagaard: Grandmaster Preparation - Attack & Defence, (paperback) Spielmaterial With numerous illustrations and diagrams

With numerous illustrations and diagrams

offering practical offbeat opening lines and systems designed to sidestep mainstream theory

it is based on the position theory of the first world champion

Dangerous gambits and sharp counterattacking lines are dealt with

the question is finally answered why the great Dutch author WF Hermans designed a chess set made of cigarette lighters

Aagaard: Grandmaster Preparation - Attack & Defence, (paperback) Spielmaterial With numerous illustrations and diagramsn Attack & Defence Jacob Aagaard presents the main principles of how to attack and defend in chess. By carving dynamic chess into separate areas of ability, he gives the reader a clear way to expand his understanding of this vital part of the game. "Playing the violin and learning languages are similar activities the brain needs a special map for these kinds of activities, so it has to be learned at an early age due to some brain chemistry stuff, I