Hansen/Lakdawala: Origins: Ruy Lopez: Book I: Black avoids 3...a6 OHNE BILD Grandmaster Jacob Aagaard is the

Grandmaster Jacob Aagaard is the most talented chess writer of his generation

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The Anti-Sicilians

initially investigated by English grandmasters

Hansen/Lakdawala: Origins: Ruy Lopez: Book I: Black avoids 3...a6 OHNE BILD Grandmaster Jacob Aagaard is theToday'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"