The King’s Indian Defense and the Grünfeld are two of Black's most ambitious and dynamic responses to 1.d4. Sharp, deeply studied, and rich with counterattacking resources, meeting them well requires more than preparation!
In Grandmaster Repertoire: Volume 2A, Grandmaster Boris Avrukh presents a complete repertoire based on the Fianchetto System — a weapon he has refined and trusted throughout his career at the highest level.
Key Features:
- Complete Fianchetto-based repertoire against the King's Indian and Grünfeld — coherent, deeply analysed, and built for serious tournament play.
- Extensive coverage of the King's Indian across 11 chapters, addressing every major variation Black can employ.
- Original analysis developed in collaboration with GM Boris Gelfand, including fresh ideas in the Grünfeld and critical King's Indian lines
- Fully updated treatment of the 6...Nc6 complex, the Reluctant Benoni, and a tricky 3...c5 move order overlooked in previous coverage
About the Author:
Grandmaster Boris Avrukh is one of the world's leading opening theoreticians, with decades of experience competing and coaching at the highest level. His Grandmaster Repertoire series established him as one of the most trusted voices in opening preparation for serious players worldwide.
In this volume, he distills his decades of experience as a top-tier coach and player to help you navigate the complex trenches of 1.d4 with absolute precision.
Winning with the Modern London System - PART 2
This is the second volume of a complete White repertoire built on the Modern London System — the Bf4 set-up that has swept through chess at every level because it is sound, flexible, and refreshingly light on theory. Where the first book laid the groundwork, Part 2 fills the most important gaps.
The main focus is on Black’s fianchetto and ...e6 defences — the King’s-Indian- and Grünfeld-style set-ups with ...g6, and the solid ...e6 structures — which are exactly the lines that give London players the most trouble. The book also folds in improvements on the first volume, extends coverage to the closely related Torre Attack, and adds an Anti-Benoni section for when Black strikes with ...c5.
The material is taught largely through complete, well-chosen games — including many recent grandmaster examples and instructive efforts by London specialists — so you absorb the typical plans, piece set-ups, and attacking patterns in their natural context rather than as dry variations.
Best read alongside Part 1, it completes a practical, low-maintenance 1.d4 system for club players who want a reliable opening they can play in every game and improve at through understanding rather than memorisation.
This book is a collection of games played by top players in which either White or Black wins in 15 moves or less either a result of blunders, an accumulation of mistakes or brilliant chess tactics. It covers the Dutch, Benoni and various d-pawns specials
In the second volume of this repertoire set GM Kornev analyzes Caro-Kann as well as openings where White doesn’t play 1.e4 or 1.d4
The Tarrasch Defence is one of the most ambitious ways to play against 1.d4. Black immediately fights for the centre, gets a lot of space and develops his pieces without many problems. Former Russian Champion Alexey Bezgodov has more than 30 years of experience with the Tarrasch and is one of the world’s greatest experts. The Art of the Tarrasch Defence is a deeply researched journey into the positional structures, the key moments in the fight for the initiative, the players and the variations.
It has been difficult for White to obtain any advantage in Sicilian sidelines, and this book therefore presents a complete repertoire for White in the most widely played main lines: the Open Sicilians with 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3. All of Black’s possible answers are covered.‘Dismantling the Sicilian’ is clearly organized, and each variation is presented with its history, its main ideas, its typical tactics and strategies, and with instructive games.
The Pirc Defence is a fundamentally positional opening that often erupts into dynamic, tactical counterattacks for Black. By allowing White to occupy the centre, Black accepts early space disadvantage in return for flexibility, latent pressure, and the chance to undermine White’s position at the right moment.
In this volume of the Grandmaster Repertoire series, Mihail Marin presents a complete Pirc repertoire for Black against 1.e4. The recommendations are based on Marin’s long-term practical experience and sustained analytical work, covering all of White’s major systems with clear strategic guidance.
Key Features
Mihail Marin is a Romanian Grandmaster, highly respected trainer, and one of the world’s most acclaimed chess writers. A three-time Romanian Champion and individual bronze medalist at the Chess Olympiad, Marin has established himself as a leading authority on opening theory and chess history.
Moskalenko’s lively style will infect you and encourage you to start playing this opening, which is a great weapon at any level, from club player to grandmaster. This new edition is completely reworked and fully updated from the original 2007 publication; It has been extended by 25% and contains new analysis, new games, new ideas and lots of novelties.
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