Karolyi/Aplin: Genius in the Background Holz The Scandinavian is especially practical

The Scandinavian is especially practical for black players who don't want to learn too much theory and who don't want to be dependent on White's choices

029 Knight Mazes — Problems 69-102

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Xie Jun’s meteoric rise to stardom is virtually unprecedented in chess history

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Karolyi/Aplin: Genius in the Background Holz The Scandinavian is especially practicalGenius in the Background introduces brilliant chess that will be unfamiliar to even well read chess players. Twelve chess stars are profiled with examples of their greatest achievements, but these stars are not famous they are geniuses who stay in the background. For example, Pervakov and Afek are not household names but they compose chess studies and puzzles of such elegance and cleverness that they deserve to be famous. Top players such as Garry