Playing as Black in a game of chess can be difficult. Do you simply try to neutralize White's initiative, or go all-out to complicate the game? Either way, ther

This book equips the reader with everything he needs to know to play Black in a game of chess. Two experienced Finnish players have described an exciting repert

One of the important issues players face - both relatively inexperienced ones at the beginning of their career as well as seasoned ones as they realize their ch

The average chess player spends too much time on studying opening theory. In his day, World Champion Emanuel Lasker argued that improving amateurs should spend

The Basman-Sale Variation is a relatively unexplored weapon for Black in the Sicilian Defence. After the perfectly normal moves 1.e4 c5, 2. Nf3 e6, 3. d4 cxd4 4