Taylor: Slay the Spanish BILD ZU KLEIN creative play and always thinking

creative play and always thinking ahead

Playing chess is just like life: you have to make plans

Frank Erwich is a FIDE Master and an experienced chess trainer from the Netherlands

and Ivan Sokolov is perfectly qualified for this role

GM Boris Alterman founded the Shevah-Mofet Chess Academy in Israel

Taylor: Slay the Spanish BILD ZU KLEIN creative play and always thinkingFormer US Open Champion Timothy Taylor presents a repertoire for Black against the universally popular Spanish Opening (Ruy Lopez). The backbone of Black's repertoire is based on the Modern Steinitz Defence, which has justifiably earned a reputation as an important alternative to the main lines. The Modern Steinitz may lead to razor sharp gambits, such as the Siesta Variation, where just one slip by either player could prove to be fatal. But perhaps