(Chess Openings. Closed Games II). The second, last volume of Closed games (White does not play 1.e4) contains 239 annotated games in following openings: Kings Indian (61 games), Gruenfeld (32 games), Nimzo-Indian (52 games), Queens Indian (24 games), Benoni (22 games), Dutch (16 games), and other 30 games on Trompowsky, Torre Attack, Old Indian, Benko gambit, Blumenfelv gambit, Budapest gambit etc. Number of games of particular openings about corresponds with number of pages. All games are well annotated either by author or by other strong Czech players - GMs Navara, Laznicka, Babula, Stocek, Votava, Vokac etc. The other Closed games - English, Reti, various Queens gambits are presented in volume 1 of Closed games. Richard Biolek is strong IM and longtime succesful trainer. The book is intended for intermediate to advanced players.
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