Joel Benjamin

Many books have been written an the main lines of popular openings such as the Sicilian and Nimzo-Indian and yet there is very little an irregular off-beat lines. Many of the variations in this book are relatively unexplored and would be useful weapons for the weekend tournament play.
International Master Joel Benjamin and USCF Master Eric Schiller have written an entertaining overview of all less common variations, dividing the material into "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly". The former will be useful additions
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to any chessplayer's armoury and provide scope for original research; ihe second group are unsound bat all players will need to know the refutation, while the latter will appeal to players with a penchant for original or creative debuts.
Joel Benjamin is one of America's brightest young stars who should be awarded his Grandmaster title at the next Olympiad. Eric Schiller has translated mang books from Russian and researched Batsford Chess Openings.… (mais)