Ipatov: Unconventional Approaches to Modern Chess Volume 1 - Rare Ideas for Black Klassiker Spannung und Initiative

Spannung und Initiative

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“My long-term experience in playing the Caro-Kann Defence with Black has shown to me that his problems in this variation are not easy to solve at all

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Destruction of Pawn Structure

Ipatov: Unconventional Approaches to Modern Chess Volume 1 - Rare Ideas for Black Klassiker Spannung und InitiativeThis book is about the practical approach to the game of chess. It shaped me as a player and now I would like to share my philosophy with you. My objective is to combat several generally accepted misconceptions, such as a) only studying opening theory will make you a better player, b) one should always follow the first or second line shown by Komodo or Stockfish, and finally, c) that in theory is equivalent to over the board. The last fallacy is