The Taimanov Bible: A Complete Manual for the Sicilian Player

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The Taimanov Bible: A Complete Manual for the Sicilian Player The Sicilian Taimanov is one of the

greatest dynamic opening choices for Black. The resulting positionsare rich in dynamic, positional and

strategic play.

The Taimanov Bible

The Taimanov Bible: A Complete Manual for the Sicilian Player The authors have delivered a user-

friendly work for players of all levels. Nowadays, chess players areoverwhelmed with piles of information

and endless databases. It is very difficult to choose «your own variations» and therefore this book will

surely come as a great additional help.

A Complete Manual for the Sicilian Player

In addition to the basic Taimanov ideas, the authors followed in an original manner two main concepts:

1. ‘almost never play an early …d6’ (Scheveningen style)

2. ‘push …h5 whenever you can’ (Paulsen style).

At the end of the book they carefully selected some practical exercises, enabling you to even improve

your knowledge of this up-to-date Taimanov Bible.

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We have to admit that the idea of writing this book was planned for quite some time, but we hesitated to take the

final step. Why? In today’s era of computers we receive daily a sea of information. It’s difficult to write something

that will have important theoretical value and also a lasting impact. However, the wish prevailed

within us to display the genesis of the Taimanov, an opening variation that has been a companion in our chess

careers for more than twenty years.

The Taimanov Bible

With great pride we can state that the majority of the experts in our Sicilian friend come from Serbia, starting

with the legendary Milan Matulovic, to Slavoljub Marjanovic, Dusan Rajkovic, Branko Damljanovic, and Igor

Miladinovic … and this factor was surely an additional motivation to write this book.

A Complete Manual for the Sicilian Player

We have tried to deliver a user-friendly style that suits all levels of players. Nowadays, chess players are

overwhelmed with piles of information and endless databases. It is very difficult to choose «your variations” and

therefore this book will surely come as a great additional help.

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