(Chess Openings. Closed Games I). Author Richard Biolek, strong IM and succesful trainer, presents the book devoted to Closed games (White does not play 1.e4). This is the first part of two-volume work, the book contains 185 games, ordered by particular openings, all well annotated by the author or by other strong Czech players - Vokac, Biolek junior, Stocek etc. The book includes English (1.c4 (1..c5, 1..e5, 1..e6, hedgehog, ca 50 pages), Reti 1.Nf3 (ca 14 pages), the complete Queens gambit inclusive QG Accepted, Slav, Meran etc. (ca 100 pages), Catalan (ca 18 pages), Queens Pawn, Bird and 1.b3 (ca 5-10 pages each). Number of games of particular openings about corresponds with number of pages. The book is intended for intermediate to advanced players.
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