This is the fifth printing of the 1958 revised edition by H Golombek of what has become recognized as a standard work on the openings. Since the last edition in 1952, many new lines have arisen and become popular, and the best and most important of these are given here; in particular, the vast changes that have taken place in the main openings such as the Nimzowitsch and King's Indian Defences to the Queen's Pawn, the Sicilian and French Defences, the Ruy Lopez and the Catalan Systems, have been noted and described.
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