Original and aggressive: 1...b6 for practical players Geschenkidee d4 is a hot tip

d4 is a hot tip

written by three of the world's leading experts: FIDE Senior Trainers IGM Mikhalchishin

We all lose a game now and then

author John Shaw goes back to basics

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Original and aggressive: 1...b6 for practical players Geschenkidee d4 is a hot tipThe move 1 b6, the Owen Defense, is part of a series of systems that are complex but little researched. A good way to leave the beaten theoretical path early and present the opponent with new and difficult problems. This often involves rearrangements to other variations and structures, which makes this opening an ideal weapon for playing for a win with Black against theoretically experienced opponents. On this DVD, Nigel Davies shows how variations