In the sixth book, Petersburg Grandmaster Alexander Khalifman tells readers how to fight against the French defense. After 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5, he recommends the most principled move as the struggle for the opening odds - 3. Кс3. Further, such answers of Black as 3 ... Kc6, 3 ... de and 3 ... Kf6 are dealt with in detail.

In the seventh book of the series, Petersburg GM Alexander Khalifman continues his story about how to fight against the French defense. After 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Kc3 Black’s most popular answer is analyzed in detail - 3 ... Cb4.

In the tenth volume, Petersburg grandmaster Alexander Khalifman talks about one of the most popular debut systems of recent times - the Chelyabinsk version of the Sicilian defense. The author proposes a number of new ideas, thanks to which white players can count on getting an advantage.

In the fourth book of the series, St. Petersburg grandmaster Alexander Khalifman shows readers how to get a white advantage in debut schemes starting with moves 1.e4 d6 and 1.e4 g6. The author examines in detail the ideas and methods of dealing with the various plans that Black has in his arsenal. Here you will find a large number of exclusive and previously unpublished analyzes.

In the ninth volume of the series, Petersburg Grandmaster Alexander Khalifman continues his story about the methods of the struggle with whites against the Sicilian defense. The author examines a number of rare variants of the black game, as well as the main scheme in the Paulsen system.

In the thirteenth volume, the Petersburg grandmaster Alexander Khalifman talks about the Sheveningen variant and the English attack in the Najdorf Sicilian defense system. As always, the author offers a number of new ideas, thanks to which white players can count on getting an advantage.

The first book from the new series of St. Petersburg grandmaster Alexander Khalifman (FIDE World Champion 1999) is devoted to the construction of a white comprehensive debut repertoire after 1. e4 e5 2. Kf3. It gives clear recommendations for obtaining an advantage in white in open debuts and the Spanish party (without the move 3 ... a6). The author disassembles almost all the answers of the black ones and offers the strongest move of whites for each of them. The book is designed for chess players of any skill - from beginners to grandmasters.

In the third book, the grandmaster of St. Petersburg, Alexander Khalifman, gives clear recommendations on how to win White in the Scandinavian defense, the defense of Karo-Kann and after 1.e4 c6 2.d4 g6 and 2 ... d6. The author disassembles almost ALL of the answers of Black and offers a strong move for each of them. In this book you will find many new products that have not been published before.

In the fifth book of the series, the Petersburg grandmaster Alexander Khalifman tells readers about rare answers that Black can apply after 1.e4. With the exception of Alekhin’s defense, the remaining debuts in this book are practically not used by the world's leading chess players. Nevertheless, the author devoted quite a lot of analysis to these principles, which were not entirely correct from the point of view of modern theory. After all, a practitioner chess player must be prepared for even the most unexpected opening "surprises" of an opponent.

The famous grandmaster and theorist talks about the popular 3.e5 system in the French defense, where he is the largest specialist (he used it in tournament practice more than 230 times and scored about 70% of points!). The first edition of this book met with a benevolent reception from a wide circle of chess lovers, and was translated into four foreign languages. Especially for the new edition E.Sveshnikov thoroughly revised, corrected and supplemented the material. Everyone who carefully works through the book, the author promises to raise the level of the game in this system by about 200 points Elo, i.e. two digits! Many of his theoretically important parties E.Sveshnikov managed to "hide" from official databases, and in this book they are published for the first time. And the encyclopedic tables given at the end of the book, reflecting the current state of the variant theory, are of undoubted interest for masters and even grand masters. According to Anatoly Karpov, this is "a real textbook, original in design and beautiful in execution. He will teach you not only how to play a specific version of the French defense, but also help to master many of the typical strategic techniques of middlegame, which for most fans is even more important. " Table of contents Excerpt

This refers to a wide range of positions with the conclusion of a white bishop on c4 in the Sicilian defense, including the dragon variant.