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If you are looking for a deadly weapon against 1.e4, the Kalashnikov Sicilian could well be your strong choice!
The Kalashnikov is a special opening were theoretical knowledge plays an supreme role. It’s in 1834 that the French champion Labourdonnais played 4…e5 for the first time. But the Kalashnikov is a clearly modern opening.
That’s why the opening only started reaching in popularity in the late 1980’s, in particular thanks to the famous Russian grandmaster Evgeny Sveshnikov. Ever since, many top level players have added it to their repertoire: Pavel Tregubov, Alexei Fedorov, Etienne Bacrot, Alexander Moiseenko and Teimour Radjabov.
Grandmasters Cornette and Libiszewski always thought that the Kalashnikov, which guarantee Black dynamic compensation in exchange for the apparent weakness of the d5 square and the backwards d6 pawn, was not well-known enough and that its potential was miscalculated.
At first they were planning to only build a Black repertoire, but they rapidly realized it would be a shame to not reveal all of the lines and ideas that are covered within the Kalashnikov.
They present objective and exhaustive analyses of every line, with several novelties. Readers can build a complete Black repertoire and do not any longer need to be afraid of facing the Kalashnikov with White.
This book will be of interest for both amateurs and experts of this variation as it includes many new ideas for White and Black.
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