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it is very likely that the match would not have taken place at all

His best-seller Timman's Titans won the English Chess Federation's Book of the Year award in 2017

but rather analyses entire games as a unity of opening

Axel Smith is the award-winning author of The Woodpecker Method

Konikowski/Bekemann: Openings - Semi-Open Games topmaterial oder er kann nur aufWhat does a chess player need who is familiar with the rules but often gets into trouble right away in the opening? This question was the starting point for the authors before they began to compile their material. The result is a book that gives explanations to help the reader understand the 'Semi Open Games' such as the French Defense and the Caro Kann Defense (note that the 'Sicilian Defense' was discussed in a separate volume) and instructions to