Englische Leidenschaft - Ein vollständiges Weißrepertoire mit 1.c4 Band 1 metadata-enriched Boris Gelfand's Decision Making in

Boris Gelfand's Decision Making in Major Piece Endings draws on his experience as a former World Championship Challenger to tackle one of chess's most decisive battlegrounds: endgames with rooks and queens

Each chapter offers tips on opening play

“Compared with the other books in this series

FM Valeri Lilov focuses on tactics found in the open games

Importance of pawn structure

Englische Leidenschaft - Ein vollständiges Weißrepertoire mit 1.c4 Band 1 metadata-enriched Boris Gelfand's Decision Making in1e5, Dutch and Indian Systems For many great players of different generations, the English Opening was a logical extension to 1. d4. If White waits before moving his d pawn, he can avoid a number of Black's popular defenses such as the Nimzo Indian or Grnfeld, and still lead later into lines that arise after 1. d4. But White can go further and build a purely English repertoire based on 1. c4 and 2. g3. That is the goal of my two DVDs on the English