This series provides an ideal platform to study chess openings. By continually challenging the reader to answer probing questions throughout the book, the Move by Move format greatly encourages the learning and practising of vital skills just as much as the traditional assimilation of opening knowledge. Carefully selected questions and answers are designed to keep you actively involved and allow you to monitor your progress as you learn. This is an excellent way to study any chess opening and at the same time improve your general chess skills and knowledge.

The Winawer is a very popular choice amongst French Defence players. It enjoys a sound reputation and reaches positions rich in possibilities for both Black and White. It offers Black the chance to enter sharp, dynamic lines, such as the notorious Poisoned Pawn Variation, as well as lines which are much more strategic in nature. In this book, Steve Giddins invites you to join him in studying the French Winawer and its many variations. He examines instructive games, covers the most important lines and provides answers to all the key questions.

• Essential guidance and training in the French Winawer

• Important ideas absorbed by continued practice

• Utilizes an ideal approach to chess study

Steve Giddins is a FIDE Master and a former editor of British Chess Magazine . He’s the author of several outstanding books and is well known for his clarity and no-nonsense advice.

Move by Move provides a totally fresh approach to opening study, combining traditional opening knowledge with the development of opening skills.

Move by Move is interactive . Instead of the age-old lecture-style approach, readers are encouraged to participate by answering a series of questions and exercises in each game.