Watson: Geheimnisse der modernen Schacheröffnungen Bd.1 Ermäßigter Steuersatz (7%) Fischer started out by sweeping

Fischer started out by sweeping the field at the 23-round Palma Interzonal to qualify for the next stage of the cycle

Christoph Wisnewski

Valeri Beim is a grandmaster and lives in Austria

while offering both entertainment and challenging material for study in openings such as the Sicilian and Ruy Lopez

opening study is sheer hard work

Watson: Geheimnisse der modernen Schacheröffnungen Bd.1 Ermäßigter Steuersatz (7%) Fischer started out by sweeping'For many chess players, studying opening theory is extremely hard work. It is difficult to know what is important and what is not, when specific knowledge is essential or when a more general understanding is required. Tragically, when the opening phase is over, a player often does not know what plan to follow or why his pieces are in the squares he has moved them to. \r\n \r\nJohn Watson tries to give chess players a more holistic and in depth view