One of the hardest tasks competitive chess-players face is the development of an opening repertoire suited to their own style of play. In view of the limited time most players have to study, an economic and well designed repertoire is essential, but it is sometimes difficult to know where to start. In this book, translated by Ken Neat, Grandmaster Gufeld makes the job easier by providing an ideal framework for a practical opening repertoire, specifically tailored for those who relish attacking play.

• Practical repertoire based on 1 e4 as White and the Sicilian and Dutch Defences as Black

• Focuses on attacking lines of play

• Offers suggestions against all the opponent's main alternatives

• Begins with an explanation of the basic principles of opening strategy

Grandmaster Gufeld is one of the most popular and widely travelled players on the international circuit. He has competed in no less than eight Soviet Championships and is known throughout the world as a coach, opening theoretician, journalist and author.

List of Content

006 Introduction

PART I - WHITE REPERTOIRE

008 1. Sicilian Defence

019 2. Vienna Game

033 3. French Defence

041 4. Caro-Kann Defence

048 5. Modern Defence

052 6. Pirc-Ufimtsev Defence

060 7. Alekhine Defence

068 8. Centre Counter Game

072 9. Nimzowitsch Defence

074 10. Owen Defence

077 11. St George Defence

PART II - BLACK REPERTOIRE

079 12. Sicilian Defence - White Deviations on Move 2

099 13. Sicilian Defence - White Deviations on Move 3 and Later

105 14. Sicilian Dragon

122 15. Dutch Defence - Early Deviations by White

136 16. Leningrad Dutch

148 17. Lisitsyn Gambit

150 18. English Opening

152 19. Bird Opening

154 20. Nimzowitsch-Larsen Opening

157 Index of Variations

160 List of Illustrative Games