This series provides an ideal platform to study chess openings. By
continually challenging the reader to answer probing questions
throughout the book, the Move by Move format greatly encourages the
learning and practising of vital skills just as much as the traditional
assimilation of opening knowledge. Carefully selected questions and
answers are designed to keep you actively involved and allow you to
monitor your progress as you learn. This is an excellent way to study
any chess opening and at the same time improve your general chess skills
and knowledge. The Tarrasch is an ambitious defence to the Queen's
Gambit. Black's concept is an aggressive one - he willingly accepts an
isolated queen's pawn but in return seizes space in the centre and gains
freedom of development for all his pieces. In this book, International
Master and Tarrasch expert Sam Collins takes an in-depth look at this
popular opening and its many variations. Using illustrative games,
Collins highlights the typical plans and tactics for both sides,
presents repertoire options for Black and provides answers to all the
key questions.