Ipatov: Unconventional Approaches to Modern Chess Volume 1 - Rare Ideas for Black Klassiker for newspapers

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An advanced club player must look deeper

but an author's duty is to provide you with several ideas with which you may confront your opponent to deprive him of that very draw

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Ipatov: Unconventional Approaches to Modern Chess Volume 1 - Rare Ideas for Black Klassiker for newspapersThis book is about the practical approach to the game of chess. It shaped me as a player and now I would like to share my philosophy with you. My objective is to combat several generally accepted misconceptions, such as a) only studying opening theory will make you a better player, b) one should always follow the first or second line shown by Komodo or Stockfish, and finally, c) that in theory is equivalent to over the board. The last fallacy is