A Spanish Repertoire for Black

✍ Scribed by Mihail Marin

• Publisher: Quality Chess
• Year: 2007
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 234
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Here is a world-class chess repertoire for Black against 1.e4. As the title suggests, the repertoire is based on the respected Spanish Opening, or the Ruy Lopez, as it is sometimes called. In his previous book, Beating the Open Games, Grandmaster Mihail Marin dealt with White’s options up to 3.Bb5. Now Marin provides all the answers for Black after 4.Ba4. This depth of chess expertise has rarely been published for a mass audience before, as grandmasters usually prefer to keep their secrets. The complexity of the material could have been daunting, but Marin is also a master of explaining profound ideas to a wide audience.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
Copyright......Page 3
CONTENTS......Page 4
List of Symbols......Page 6
Bibliography......Page 7
Foreword......Page 8
1 The Chigorin Variation - General Aspects......Page 10
2 The Rubinstein System......Page 26
3 The Petrosian System......Page 98
4 The Yates Variation......Page 134
5 The Yates Variation - 10.d5......Page 138
6 The Yates Variation - 10.t.e3......Page 150
7 The d3-System......Page 170
8 The Worrall Attack......Page 190
9 The Delayed Exchange Variation......Page 198
10 The a4-System......Page 210
11 The System Based on c.c3......Page 218
12 The Central Attack......Page 226
Index of Main Lines......Page 233