One of the best ways to improve is to study the games of a top
Grandmaster, and Ivan Sokolov's uncompromising style and tactical flair
make him a perfect role model. In this book Sokolov demonstrates the
deadly effectiveness of his systems against openings such as The
Nimzo-Indian, Queen's Gambit, Slav and King's Indian. Contains 50 deeply
annotated games with introductions . Brilliant and inventive opening
play will both instruct and entertain . Includes many spectacular
miniatures of under 30 moves Ivan Sokolov is one of the most outstanding
talents to emerge in the 1990's, and many of his victims in this book-
Anand, Adams, Topalov, and Lautier - hail from the cream of the younger
generation. As a key member of the Bosnia- Herzegovina Olympiad team he
won a solver medal in Moscow in 1994, and was ranked 12th equal in the
world in December 1996. Sokolov is resident in the Netherlands, and tied
with Jan Timman in the 1996 Dutch Championship.