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White openings

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  • - 2000
Chess book review, The Modernized London System, Milos Pavlovic
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  • Rating: 1400
  • - 2200+
Chess book review, The Scotch Gambit, Alex Fishbein
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  • Rating: 1400
  • - 2200
Chess book review, Reimagining 1.e4, Nikolaos Ntirlis
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  • Rating: -800
  • - 1400
Chess book review, London 2.Bf4 Playbook, Tim Sawyer
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  • Rating: 1400
  • - 2200
Chess book review, Opening Repertoire, 1.d4 with 2.c4, Cyrus Lakdawala
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  • Rating: -800
  • - 1800
Chess book review, Beating 1.e4 e5, A Repertoire for White in the Open Games, John Emms
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  • Rating: 1000
  • - 2200
Chess book review, Opening Repertoire 1.e4, Cyrus Lakdawala
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  • Rating: -800
  • - 1800
Chess book review, Attacking with 1.e4, John Emms
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  • Rating: 1200
  • - 2200
Chess book review, The French Advance, Sam Collins
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  • Rating: -800
  • - 1600
Chess book review, First Steps: The Colle and London Systems, Cyrus Lakdawala
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Black openings

  • Rating: 1600
  • - 2200+
Chess book review, Beating the Queen's Gambit - Indian Style!, Renier Castellanos
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  • Rating: 1000
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Chess book review, Opening Repertoire, the Open Games with Black, Martin Lokander
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  • Rating: 1600
  • - 2200+
Chess book review, A complete Opening Repertoire for Black after 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6! 1, Nimzo-Indian, Dariusz Swiercz
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  • Rating: 1200
  • - 2200+
Chess book review, Bologan's Ruy Lopez for Black, Victor Bologan
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  • Rating: 1400
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Chess book review, Bologan's Black Weapons in the Open Games, Victor Bologan
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  • Rating: 1600
  • - 2200+
Chess book review, A complete Opening Repertoire for Black after 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6! 2, Ragozin & Anti-Catalan, Dariusz Swiercz
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  • Rating: 1000
  • - 2200
Chess book review, The Petroff Defence, Cyrus Lakdawala
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  • Rating: 1200
  • - 2200
Chess book review, The Triangle System, Noteboom, Marshall Gambit and other Semi-Slav Triangle lines, Ruslan Scherbakov
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  • Rating: -800
  • - 1800
Chess book review, French Classical, Byron Jacobs
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  • Rating: -800
  • - 1800
Chess book review, French Winawer, Neil McDonald
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Repertoires

  • Rating: 1600
  • - 2200+
Chess book review, Beating the Queen's Gambit - Indian Style!, Renier Castellanos
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  • Rating: 1400
  • - 2200
Chess book review, Reimagining 1.e4, Nikolaos Ntirlis
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  • Rating: 1000
  • - 2000
Chess book review, Opening Repertoire, the Open Games with Black, Martin Lokander
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  • Rating: 1400
  • - 2200+
Chess book review, Bologan's Black Weapons in the Open Games, Victor Bologan
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  • Rating: 1600
  • - 2200+
Chess book review, A complete Opening Repertoire for Black after 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6! 2, Ragozin & Anti-Catalan, Dariusz Swiercz
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  • Rating: -800
  • - 1200
Chess book review, First Chess Openings, Eric Schiller
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  • Rating: 1400
  • - 2200
Chess book review, Opening Repertoire, 1.d4 with 2.c4, Cyrus Lakdawala
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  • Rating: -800
  • - 2200
Chess book review, Opening Repertoire ...c6, Cyrus Lakdawala
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  • Rating: 1400
  • - 2200+
Chess book review, Opening Repertoire, Nimzo and Bogo Indian, Christof Sielecki
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  • Rating: -800
  • - 1800
Chess book review, Beating 1.e4 e5, A Repertoire for White in the Open Games, John Emms
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