The Botvinnik Semi-Slav

This volume provides expert, yet user-friendly coverage of the most critical variation of one of the most topical chess openings in the last decade. This book provides both a firm grounding in the underlying principles and a detailed knowledge of specific variations; both of which are necessary to play this opening successfully. Most of today's top grandmasters, including Kasparov, Kramnik, Shirov, have relied on the Botvinnik System as Black, White, of both, especially in make-or-break situations.