Kornev: A Practical Black Repertoire with d5, c6. Volume 1: The Slav Geschenkidee He holds a Class A

He holds a Class A over-the-board USCF rating

The book features introductions by Larry Evans

the Gold Medal European Team Championship 1989 (3rd board) and the 4th place World Junior Championship U20 1985

And of course vice versa: what use are all these subtleties of Indian positions to a player who 'by nature' avoids fianchetto openings

17% of all games between GMs and 25% of the games in the Chess Informant Database

Kornev: A Practical Black Repertoire with d5, c6. Volume 1: The Slav Geschenkidee He holds a Class AVolume 1: The Slav and other defences In Volume 1 Kornev's choice of arms against 1. d4 d5 2. c4 is one of the most popular openings in modern chess practice the Slav Defence. Besides, he considers in detail how to meet opening set ups where after 1. d4 d5 White refrains from an early c2 c4: 2. Bg5, as well as 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 and 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3. Another topic is the ever growing in popularity The London System (2. Bf4 and 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4).