Hansen/Lakdawala: Origins: Ruy Lopez: Book I: Black avoids 3...a6 OHNE BILD The Anti-Sicilians

The Anti-Sicilians

d4 d5 and various deviations for White as 1

What qualifies Tibor Károlyi to write this biography

When reviewing his own games

Turnier-Schachbrett aus Holz

Hansen/Lakdawala: Origins: Ruy Lopez: Book I: Black avoids 3...a6 OHNE BILD The Anti-SiciliansToday's openings are reruns of an old sitcom that we have all seen a hundred times before, while for players in the past, life on the chess board was wild, unexplored territory. Learning the details of that gigantic entity, the Ruy Lopez (from either side), is on par with the time that hateful 7th grade teacher made us memorize the capital cities of every country in the world in alphabetical order! The Origins series is an attempt at a "big picture"