Black openings
- ELO: 1800
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- 2000
- Openings, King’s Indian Defense
- Jerzy Konikowski, Uwe Bekemann
- ELO: 1800
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- 2000
- Mastering the King’s Indian Defense
- Robert Bellin, Pietro Ponzetto
- ELO: 2000
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- 2200+
- Grandmaster Repertoire: The Tarrasch Defence
- Jacob Aagaard, Nikolaos Ntirlis
- ELO: 1800
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- 2000
- Dutch Defence: New and Forgotten Ideas
- Nikolay Minev, John Donaldson
- ELO: 1800
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- 2000
- The Classical King’s Indian Uncovered
- Krzysztof Panczyk, Jacek Ilczuk
- ELO: 1800
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- 2000
- The Sämisch King’s Indian Uncovered
- Alexander Chernaiev, Eduard Prokuronov
Opening books on black openings, excluding full opening repertoires for black. Every major defense has been covered, with the most common ones, such as the Sicilian, Spanish, or the Nimzo represented with multiple books. Every review is somewhat subjective, but I’ve tried not to be biased based on what openings I personally like.
