Gonzalez: The English Defence - Opening Repertoire Singles Day His legendary chess school specialised

His legendary chess school specialised in turning promising players into masters

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Most textbooks support that notion by stressing the importance of always trying to find the objectively best move

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Gonzalez: The English Defence - Opening Repertoire Singles Day His legendary chess school specialisedThe English Defence (1 d4 e6 2 c4 b6) is a dynamic, counter attacking line, initially investigated by English grandmasters. Black aims to set White difficult problems to solve at the very earliest stage of the game. Black's play is provocative aiming to lure White into establishing a big pawn centre. This is a risky strategy as White falls behind in development and Black switfly becomes very active. However, if White's response is more circumspect