Collins: A simple Chess Opening Repertoire for White Holz and a high-level opening repertoire

and a high-level opening repertoire for both black and white

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Collins: A simple Chess Opening Repertoire for White Holz and a high-level opening repertoireThe Isolated Queen Pawn is the heart and soul of this cleverly designed opening repertoire By carefully choosing variations that lead to similar structures, IM Sam Collins has put together a powerful repertoire book ideal for players with limited study time. White opens with 1 e4 and develops his pieces to natural squares, seeking open lines and the initiative. The dominant theme of this sound and active repertoire is that where reasonable White seeks