Kudryavtsev: Grandmaster of Avant-Garde: The Chess Art of Galina Satonina Spielmaterial To become a strong player

To become a strong player

Now he presents an extremely powerful set of lines for White

Through detailed game annotations

a wealth of hilarious but also touching stories and a vivid impression of the Dutch chess scene in the late 20th and early 21st century

English IM Michael Basman and Croatian IM Srdjan Sale were the pioneers of this cunning opening system

Kudryavtsev: Grandmaster of Avant-Garde: The Chess Art of Galina Satonina Spielmaterial To become a strong playerGalina Satonina (19052000) was the leading chess painter of the Soviet era. A multiple time Kazan and Tatarstan ladies chess champion, she saw life as a game of chess, and her paintings speak the language of Caissa. She painted world champions and other famous players, ranging from early stars Philidor, Morphy and Anderssen, all the way through to Fischer, Karpov and Kasparov. Several of her paintings depict the chess pieces themselves and emotions