Chess Openings for Black, Explained: A Complete Repertoire by Lev Alburt

Chess Openings for Black, Explained: A Complete Repertoire by Lev Alburt

Originally published in 2005 and significantly updated in subsequent editions, "Chess Openings for Black, Explained" by Grandmaster Lev Alburt, GM Roman Dzindzichashvili, and GM Eugene Perelshteyn is a highly regarded manual designed to solve a major problem for amateur players: the overwhelming amount of opening theory.

While general strategy books like Silman's teach you middle-game planning, Alburt’s book gives you a concrete, bulletproof opening repertoire when playing as Black.

Grandmaster Lev Alburt understood that amateur club players do not have 40 hours a week to memorize deep, shifting computer engine lines. If you try to memorize every line of the Sicilian Defense or the Ruy Lopez, you will inevitably forget a move on turn 12 and lose the game.

The authors engineered a "complete, life-long repertoire" based on openings that meet three strict criteria:

1. Soundness: They are positionally rock-solid and played at the Grandmaster level.

2. Uniqueness: They steer White away from their comfortable, deeply prepared mainlines and force them into territory you know much better than they do.

3. Simplicity: They rely heavily on understanding overarching plans, typical pawn structures, and piece maneuvers rather than forcing you to memorize exact move-orders.

Language: English.

Genre: Chess Book.

Binding: সেলাই করা বাইন্ডিং

Quality: Premium Quality Books.

Printing: High Quality Printing.

Paper: Eye Friendly paper (Cream White)

Cover: Matt cover (Paperback).