| Catalogue Yefim Geller has been one of the world's foremost grandmasters over the past four decades, during which time he has established a reputation as being the leading Russian authority on opening theory. In this annotated collection of his own games, translated by Ken Neat, Geller shows the practical benefits of a sound understanding of opening strategy.  
 Six-times world championship candidate Yefim Geller has won the Soviet Championship on two occasions and has made outstanding contributions to the theory of the King's Indian Defence, Spanish Opening and Sicilian Defence, in particular. 
 List of Content 
 
 vi The Trademark of Yefim Geller by Ex-WorldChampion MikhaitTal 
 vii From the Author 
 
 001 PART 1 (grouped according to opening) 
 001 Ruy Lopez 
 024 Sicilian Defence 
 075 French Defence 
 082 Caro-Kann Defence 
 085 Pirc Defence 
 088 Alekhine's Defence 
 091 Queen's Gambit 
 110 King's Indian Defence 
 132 Grünfeld Defence 
 135 Nimzo-Indian Defence 
 142 English Opening 
 
 153 PART 2 Against World Champions 
 154 Max Euwe 
 157 Mikhail Botvinnik 
 168 Vasily Smyslov 
 193 Mikhail Tal 
 206 Tigran Petrosian 
 216 Boris Spassky 
 233 Bobby Fischer 
 252 Anatoly Karpov 
 
 
 257 Main Tournament and Match Results 
 261 Index of Openings 
 262 Index of Opponents |