Hansen/Lakdawala: Origins: Ruy Lopez: Book II: Specialty Lines after 3...a6 improvers And fourteen new studies have

And fourteen new studies have been added

The book is aimed at advanced and professional players (2600+ Elo equivalent)

His first chess rating when he was 12 was 1406

Charles V of Delft is a Dutch chess teacher and chess organizer

you will see possible checkmates and can bring your games to a brilliant and effective conclusion

Hansen/Lakdawala: Origins: Ruy Lopez: Book II: Specialty Lines after 3...a6 improvers And fourteen new studies haveToday's openings are reruns of an old sitcom that we have all seen a hundred times before, while for players in the past, life on the chess board was wild, unexplored territory. Learning the details of that gigantic entity, the Ruy Lopez (from either side), is on par with the time that hateful 7th grade teacher made us memorize the capital cities of every country in the world in alphabetical order! The Origins series is an attempt at a "big picture"