The Sicilian Tajmanov-Scheveningen Chessbase Tal's colleagues called their tactics

Tal's colleagues called their tactics guru the "magician" because

the authors set out to demonstrate the viability of the Accelerated Dragon as a weapon for Black

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Forcing Chess Moves proposes a revolutionary method for finding winning moves

other times you have to select the best move between several candidate moves

The Sicilian Tajmanov-Scheveningen Chessbase Tal's colleagues called their tacticsFor decades, the Sicilian has been considered the most reliable defense against 1. e4 when Black is aiming for an unbalanced but good position. At the top level, the Najdorf and Paulsen Variations stand out. But the Paulsen Sicilian is safer and more positional than the Najdorf Variation, because Black gets enough counterplay in all variations without having to engage in an all or nothing attack. This DVD shows the strengths of the Paulsen Sicilian,