Kudryavtsev: Grandmaster of Avant-Garde: The Chess Art of Galina Satonina Studien trading the right pieces and

trading the right pieces and exploiting your opponent’s weak points are all typical ‘Scandinavian’ spin-offs that Thomas Willemze teaches you in his trademark lucid style

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This volume completes the coverage of the Modern English with a repertoire against 1

This important historical document also features annotations and writings by Smyslov

All these subjects are covered by a close look at a chess game in which the bungles are followed by their natural punishment

Kudryavtsev: Grandmaster of Avant-Garde: The Chess Art of Galina Satonina Studien trading the right pieces andGalina Satonina (19052000) was the leading chess painter of the Soviet era. A multiple time Kazan and Tatarstan ladies chess champion, she saw life as a game of chess, and her paintings speak the language of Caissa. She painted world champions and other famous players, ranging from early stars Philidor, Morphy and Anderssen, all the way through to Fischer, Karpov and Kasparov. Several of her paintings depict the chess pieces themselves and emotions