Taylor: Slay the Spanish improvers and enduring initiative

and enduring initiative

as well as being blitz champion of the 2008 World Mind Sports Games (at age 17)

Jan Timman returns to this clash of giants and takes a fresh look at the games

And begin his phenomenal run that would end with the Match of the Century in Reykjavik against World Champion Boris Spassky

Every chess player knows that some moves are harder to see than others

Taylor: Slay the Spanish improvers and enduring initiativeFormer US Open Champion Timothy Taylor presents a repertoire for Black against the universally popular Spanish Opening (Ruy Lopez). The backbone of Black's repertoire is based on the Modern Steinitz Defence, which has justifiably earned a reputation as an important alternative to the main lines. The Modern Steinitz may lead to razor sharp gambits, such as the Siesta Variation, where just one slip by either player could prove to be fatal. But perhaps