{"product_id":"9783283005245","title":"French Defence Advance Variation","description":"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.\u003cp\u003eThe 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?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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.  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Olms, Georg Verlag AG","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47048906965232,"sku":"9783283005245","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9783283005245_p0.jpg?v=1763722357","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9783283005245","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}