Die Englische Verteidigung buchpakete His path to the European

His path to the European Championship title

The Traxler counterattack (4

Nc3 Nf6 w/o d4

won numerous international tournaments and even tied for 1-4 th place in the first World Rapid Championship in Mazatlan

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Die Englische Verteidigung buchpakete His path to the EuropeanIn the 1970s, a group of strong English players (especially Miles, Speelman, Keene and later Short) developed a slightly unusual opening starting after the moves 1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6. Just like in the Grnfeld or Alekhine Defense, Black gives up the center. But instead of provoking pawn advances by moving the knights early, he wants to bring his bishops into play first (most often on the b7 and b4 squares). This approach contradicts the orthodox