The Semi-Slav: Grandmaster Repertoire 20

The Semi-Slav: Grandmaster Repertoire 20

• Author: Lars Schandorff
• Pages: 264
• Publication Years: 2015

<p style=" line-height: normal;"><span><span lang="EN-US" style="Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Lars Schandorff's two volumes on 1.d4 were celebratedby reviewers and grandmasters. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">GM Simen Agdestein said: €œ</span><span lang="EN-US" style="Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">I haverecently been reading Lars Schandorff's Playing 1.d4 books, thinking that it cannotpossibly get more instructive than this.€ Meanwhile, GM Boris Avrukh's verdictwas simple: €œLars, I want to play your book.€<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /></span></span></p><p style=" line-height: normal;"><span><span lang="EN-US" style="Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Now Schandorff switches sides and offers a top-classSemi-Slav repertoire against 1.d4. <strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">TheSemi-Slav </strong><span><span>strikes the perfect balance of ambition and soundness, which hasmade it popular at every level up to and including the world championship. Blackneeds to know his stuff, but Schandorff is the ideal guide to make the learningprocess a pleasure.</span></span></span></span></p>