CLEARANCE - Win with Dutch Defense - GM Miloje Ratkovic

CLEARANCE - Win with Dutch Defense - GM Miloje RatkovicLets be honest 1. d4 f5 (BOOM!) You are letting White know you mean business. You are claiming that e4 square, opening up the Kings Short Diagonal despite making life a bit hard for your light squared bishop. The moment you push f7 f5, you make imbalances right off the bat where you are looking to exploit every weakness in Whites position. The Dutch Defense sounds powerful, right? And thats why you need to know what you are doing. You dont want to be

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Tal would attack often unsoundly hoping to catch the opponent in a maze of complications

elegant and entertaining positions will not only challenge and entertain you

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51 They are The Champions

Recalling a period of intense study in his father’s chess library

For all the talk of strategy

This book will definitely elevate a players' success at chess

and a topical line for Black in the Bayonet

this time written by the former editor of the California Chess Reporter

well-defined and practical chapters

but instead he focuses a lot on the verbal explanations and understanding of the typical positions