Lakdawala - Rewire your Chess Brain

Schaaktrainers voor de hogere stappen zijn er niet veel en zeker niet voor de 6e stap. Dat is de voornaamste reden dat de doelgroep van het boek is gewijzigd. Het is geen handleiding voor de trainer meer, maar een zelfstudieboek voor iedereen.De moeilijk

Folding tournament chess board, with alphanumeric markings, finished with mahogany and sycamore marquetry. The overall size of the unfolded chessboard is 50 x 50 cm

Ces pièces d'échecs en buis et sheesham, plombées-feutrées conviennent à un échiquier dont les cases mesurent 50 mm de côté.

A completely revised edition, which retains the structure of the first edition but is based on new analysis of all critical lines.

This book presents a Black repertoire based on the Scandinavian Defence with 3...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.

As Kotronias puts in the introduction chapter:
"(...) Instead of reprinting the book, the publisher offered me to make a new, revised edition. It took me almost a year to analyse all the new developments and repertoire books that proposed dangerous new weapons against the Qd6 Scandinavian. Meanwhile the AI engines surged, with their original view on some positions. The result is a completely rewritten book, with major corrections, especially in its second half. The structure of variations remained the same, but I introduced many improvements in the subsequent play. I also added some games of mine from the last year."  300 pages