Win against French protection. Sveshnikov E.

The famous grandmaster and theorist talks about the popular Z. E5 system in French defense, where he is the largest specialist (he used it in tournament practice more than 230 times and scored about 70% of points!). The first edition of this book met a benevolent reception of a wide range of chess lovers, and was translated into four foreign languages. Especially for the new publication, E. Sveshnikov thoroughly processed, corrected and complemented the material. To everyone who carefully works the book, the author promises an increase in the level of the game in this system by about 200 points of Elo, that is, by two categories! E. Sveshnikov managed to “conceal” many of his theoretically important parties from official databases, and in this book they are published for the first time. And the encyclopedic tables given at the end of the book, reflecting the current state of the theory of the option, are of undoubted interest for masters and even grandmasters.

According to Anatoly Karpov, this is “a real textbook, original in terms of intention and excellent performance. He will teach you not only how to play a specific version of French protection, but also helps to master many typical Mittelshpil strategic techniques, which is even more important for most lovers. ”

2nd edition, processed and supplemented.