Kovalchuk: Playing the Grünfeld - A Combative Repertoire CBH Even world champion Magnus Carlsen

Even world champion Magnus Carlsen has included it in his repertoire

but Collins also provides complete explanations of the opening and early middlegame

The interviews in this book span over twenty years

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The pawn thrust g2-g4 is often so counter-intuitive that it's a perfect way to confuse your opponents and disrupt their position

Kovalchuk: Playing the Grünfeld - A Combative Repertoire CBH Even world champion Magnus CarlsenThe Grnfeld Defence is well known to be one of Black's best and most challenging responses to 1. d4, and has long been a favourite choice of elite players including Kasparov, Svidler, Caruana, Vachier Lagrave and many more. As with many openings, however, it can be difficult to navigate the ever expanding jungle of games and theory. Playing the Grnfeld offers an ideal solution for practical players. Alexey Kovalchuk is a young Russian talent with