Kornev: Practical Black Repertoire with Nf6, g6, d6 - Vol.1: English, Pirc, Reti Schachtrainer Thanks to the numerous diagrams

Thanks to the numerous diagrams that guide the reader through the analyses and illustrate the key points

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Kornev: Practical Black Repertoire with Nf6, g6, d6 - Vol.1: English, Pirc, Reti Schachtrainer Thanks to the numerous diagramsA Practical Black Repertoire with Nf6, g6, d6 Volume 1: English, Pirc, Reti and Other DefencesContents In this volume we consider the Pirc Defence (Chapters 10 27). It has definite advantages in comparison to other openings. At first, it has not been analysed so thoroughly, since the White fans of 1. e2 e4 devote the lion's share of their time to study the Sicilian Defence and the Open Games. Secondly, Black can play not only to equalise, but he can