The Safest Scandinavian

Publisher: Chess Stars, 2016, Pages: 220, Paperback

"A Black Repertoire with 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6"

This book presents a Black repertoire based on the Scandinavian Defence with 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6. This is the safest yet aggressive queen retreat. It allows Black to increase pressure on d4 with ...0-0-0 or ...Rd8 while keeping coordination in the centre. Kotronias offers new plans for Black in the most topical lines. They are backed with deep analysis based on solid chess understanding.

About the Author:
GM Vassilios Kotronias is ten-time champion of Greece and a famous theoretician. His peak rating so far was 2628 in 2008.

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