Giddins/Welling: Side-Stepping Mainline Theory Damen Gambit A Manual for Modern-Day Club

A Manual for Modern-Day Club Players

The author is none other than the renowned grandmaster and theoretician Yevgeny Sveshnikov

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“The focus is on offering simple advice and encouragement in a variety of practical situations

from which players sitting on either side of the board may profit

Giddins/Welling: Side-Stepping Mainline Theory Damen Gambit A Manual for Modern-Day ClubCut Down on Opening Study and Get a Middlegame You Are Familiar With Spend more study time on what's really decisive in your games! The average chess player spends too much time studying opening theory. In his day, World Chess Champion Emanuel Lasker argued that improving amateurs should spend about 5% of their study time on openings. These days club players are probably closer to 80%, often focusing on opening lines that are popular among