Watson: A Strategic Chess Opening Repertoire for White the big greek The 1972 match against Spassky

The 1972 match against Spassky required the intervention of no less than Henry Kissinger to smooth things over

The chapters "The Aesthetic Effects of Chess" and "On Chess Education" round off the masterpiece by illustrating what the author meant by a "holistic approach to chess"

“Handsome…clearly written and beautifully produced”—Edward Winter

During his 28-year professional chess career he has participated in 150 international tournaments in 32 countries

this book is not a heavy theoretical treatise

Watson: A Strategic Chess Opening Repertoire for White the big greek The 1972 match against SpasskySuch has been the acclaim for John Watson's ground breaking works on modern chess strategy and his insightful opening books, that it is only natural that he now presents a strategic opening repertoire. It is the chess player's holy grail: a flexible repertoire that gives opponents real problems but doesn't require masses of memorization or continual study of ever changing grandmaster theory. While this book can't quite promise all of that, Watson