Nikolai Kalinichenko, an international grandmaster in correspondence play and the author of some 40 chess titles, presents here a complete and up-to-date opening repertoire. It is intended for players of positional style, or for use when the competitive situation demands a solid approach. The repertoire is based on 1 e4 as White, and the Classical Sicilian and King's Indian Defence as Black.

Also available is the companion volume An Aggressive Opening Repertoire for the Club Player, offering a range of openings which are closely linked, but which are less forcefull in character.

Content:
004 System of Symbols

00 Introduction

PART I - WHITE REPERTOIRE

007 1 Sicilian Defence

026 2 Scotch Game

039 3 French Defence

058 4 Caro-Kann Defence

064 5 Pirc-Ufimtsev Defence

070 6 Alekhine Defence

PART II - BLACK REPERTOIRE

080 7 Sicilian Defence

099 KING'S INDIAN DEFENCE

101 8 Four Pawns Attack

109 9 Samisch Variation

125 10 Variations with Bg2

135 11 Classical Variation

148 12 Deviations by White from the Classical Variation (5 Bd3, Nge2)

153 13 Makogonov Variation

158 14 Averbakh Variation

163 15 Torre Attack

169 16 Trompowsky Opening

174 17 English Opening

177 18 Bird Opening

181ILLUSTRATIVE GAMES

240 Index of Illustrative Games