A Complete Opening Repertoire for Black - Volume 1 + 2

"A Complete Opening Repertoire for Black after 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6!"

Modern chess theory has significantly expanded in recent years due to the technological development and arrival of chess engines. Studying chess openings, even with the help of these machines that present a god-like level, is a time-consuming task but it is by far the most important part of preparation by top Grandmasters. They often look for ideas that offer a glimpse of hope for an advantage with White or attempt to neutralize (or even counter) White’s ideas with Black. Nowadays, any such information is spread within moments and every day, we can see new games and novel ideas in all openings. This makes it challenging for people trying to learn a new opening due to the “oversupply” of information.

Volume 1

The Nimzo-Indian is a good and sound opening, but nonetheless it can be quite complicated. Generally, the games in this opening are more likely to be strategic battles rather than tactical ones, but as in every opening, things can get sharp from time to time. It is important to note that a definite majority of top players (including the World Champion Magnus Carlsen) plays this opening.

Volume 2

Our author GM Dariusz Swiercz, continued in the second Volume of his series, and explains in a methodological way how to solve these issues when White proceeds with 3.Nf3 and g3.
He picked some aggressive options with the Ragozin and brings the ever popular Catalan to a stand still. Any chess player being Black would be much interested to find out how Dariusz decided on his final choices. We are convinced you won’t be disappointed with his second and final volume of this series.