Collins: The Reti metadata-enriched \r\nKunst der Verteidigung

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With a foreword by former World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov and an introduction by DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis

But professionals will also benefit from this work due to the author's own analyses

and he has even beaten World Champion Garry Kasparov with it

Collins: The Reti metadata-enriched \r\nKunst der VerteidigungThis book examines what might be described as the pure Rti Opening. White starts with 1 Nf3 and intends to meet 1 d5 with the Rti response 2 c4. One of the major advantages of playing these systems is that they rely far more on general strategic understanding than rote memorisation. However, this does not mean that Black is not set difficult problems to solve. In the modern era these lines have mainly been championed by Vladimir Kramnik and Lev