French Defence Advance Variation

The well-known grandmaster and theoretician Evgeny Sveshnikov has used the Closed Variation (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5) more than 150 times in tournament play with a score of more than 70%. Many theoretically important games have been excluded by the author from 'official' chess databases, and here they are exclusively published for the first time.

The present Volume 1 (Basic Course) contains the following main chapters: - Historical overview of the Closed Variation; - Plans for White and Black on the basis of thoroughly annotated games; - A lesson on the blockade; - 70 test positions: what would you play?

This two-volume work is intended for a broad range of chess enthusiasts. The author guarantees that anyone making a thorough study of the available material can expect an improvement in his playing strength in this system of approximately 200 Elo points.