Hansen/Lakdawala: Origins: Ruy Lopez: Book II: Specialty Lines after 3...a6 improvers It shows how the reader

It shows how the reader can enable their intuition to reach its full potential and how to learn to distinguish between the positions in which one should rely on intuition and those in which one should be analytical

you will see possible checkmates and can bring your games to a brilliant and effective conclusion

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The Opening

Hansen/Lakdawala: Origins: Ruy Lopez: Book II: Specialty Lines after 3...a6 improvers It shows how the readerToday'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"