Firstly, we deal with how to face the ‘Modern Defence’, a duo of mainly strategic systems that were never extremely popular but are still played today, mostly at club players’ level. The proposed systems are based on healthy central schemes, which score a modest 50.6% in a good number of games (approximately 27,500).

Then we turn to the ‘Polish Defence’, an opening which can transpose to the ‘St. George Defence’. This is an active opening, which was never extremely popular but is still played today, mostly at club level.

Then we move on to examine various side-lines, which are included in the ‘Various Defences’ chapter. These openings are the ‘Dzindzi-Indian Defence’, the ‘Tango Defence’, the Bozo-Indian Defence’, the ‘Englund Gambit’ and the ‘Owen Defence’.

A reasonably big chapter in modern chess is the ‘Benoni Defence’, a bucket of mainly tactical systems which have never been hugely popular, but are still played nowadays, again mostly at the level of the club player.

We will deal with the ‘Old Benoni’, the ‘Czech Benoni’, the ‘Schmid Benoni’, the ‘Snake Benoni’ and, finally, the ‘Classical Modern Benoni’.

And finally we will deal with how to face the ‘Old Indian Defence’, a modest but stable strategic system which never gained huge popularity, but as with the others is still played today, mostly at the club players’ level.

In the book you will find not only a concrete and well-structured, moveby-move presentation, but also chapters on middlegames, endgames and tactics that are typical for the variations and will help you to understand things better!

Note that the research on the games played is up to the end of March 2021

In the sixth volume the openings of the the Janowski Defence, the Orthodox Defence, the Cambridge Springs Defence, Various Slav Systems and the Tartakower Defence are presented.

Pages: 360

“We talk a lot about defence in chess but rarely try to break this major notion down into elements that constitute it and, importantly, that we can systematically learn. This book does exactly that. It is suitable for players of all levels aiming to improve their game. It may be especially appropriate for coaches because of its systematized character.” – GM Adrian Mikhalchishin

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Pages: 192

The book introduces 10 common tactical topics in chess and allows the reader to learn a lot of new ideas and practice them throughout exercises in increasing strength. The book is recommended for sub 1600 rating level and good also for coaches as teaching material for starting chess lovers!

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The book consists of three chapters:
1. Easy (233 Puzzles)
2. Medium (146 Puzzles)
3. Hard (61 Puzzles)

All in all, 440 puzzles created by the greatest masters of our time, maestros such as Carlsen, Caruana, Ding Liren, Vachier-Lagrave, and many more.

I advise you to try to solve all the combinations in each chapter one-by-one, because a less difficult solution from the “Easy” section might be even more brilliant from the beauty point of view than a “nutcracker” from the “Medium” or “Hard” section.

Even if a puzzle can be easily solved, it sharpens your tactical skills and makes it so much easier to find solutions in a practical game, even under difficult circumstances.

To be tactically sharp is one of the basic requirements for a successful chess player!

In the fifth volume the openings of the Chigorin Defence, the Queen’s Gambit Declined, the Tarrasch Defence, and the Semi-Tarrasch Defence are presented!

In the fourth volume the openings of the Queen’s Gambit, the Ragozin Variation, the Vienna Variation, and the Lasker Variation are presented