Hansen/Lakdawala: Origins: Ruy Lopez: Book I: Black avoids 3...a6 UpdateSN_required true First-hand accounts and motivation strategies

First-hand accounts and motivation strategies from those who have studied chess in prison

Rogozenko also qualified for the 2001 FIDE World Championship and is a recognized expert on opening theory

g6 Variation

including the Dalton School

Hansen/Lakdawala: Origins: Ruy Lopez: Book I: Black avoids 3...a6 UpdateSN_required true First-hand accounts and motivation strategiesToday'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"