Marin: Leningrad Dutch (hardcover) Damen Gambit The good news is that

The good news is that your tactical ability is not some genetically acquired unalterable trait

with CD-ROM

If in the world of chess – as in other areas of life – there are such things as 'grey eminences' alongside the 'shining stars'

too soon discarded and without good reason

In each of the first five chapters

Marin: Leningrad Dutch (hardcover) Damen Gambit The good news is thatThe Dutch is renowned as a fighting weapon against 1. d4, as 1 f5 immediately sets up an unbalanced struggle. Then Black's kingside fianchetto, which defines the Leningrad Dutch, allows pawn storming play in similar style to the King's Indian Defence. Mihail Marin is the ideal author to explain both the strategic ideas and the latest theory. Leningrad Dutch covers lines where White also fianchettoes the king's bishop these lines are the critical test