Die Englische Verteidigung buchpakete All nine world champions contributed

All nine world champions contributed to the success of this book with game analyses

Nc3 Nf6 w/o d4

Rook & 3 Pawns vs Bishop & 3 Pawns (P1)

won numerous international tournaments and even tied for 1-4 th place in the first World Rapid Championship in Mazatlan

experienced authors Lakdawala & Hansen take the Basmanic plunge and examine some of International Master Michael Basman's most remarkable victories with 1

Die Englische Verteidigung buchpakete All nine world champions contributedIn the 1970s, a group of strong English players (especially Miles, Speelman, Keene and later Short) developed a slightly unusual opening starting after the moves 1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6. Just like in the Grnfeld or Alekhine Defense, Black gives up the center. But instead of provoking pawn advances by moving the knights early, he wants to bring his bishops into play first (most often on the b7 and b4 squares). This approach contradicts the orthodox