num_pages: 160
description: Investigates the view that there is a polarity in modern chess. On the one hand are those who systematically analyse forcing openings, such as the Sicilian Defence; on the other are those who deliberately select offbeat openings.Are both approaches valid?
language: English
title: The Openings in Modern Theory and Practice
titlecomplete: The Openings in Modern Theory and Practice
publisher: Hardinge Simpole Ltd