Aronian-Variante - Ein modernes Repertoire gegen Spanisch the big greek The latter aims for optimal

The latter aims for optimal piece placement which will make it difficult for Black to open the centre - whereas we are ideally positioned to break with c2-c3 and d2-d4

"Swedish Grandmaster Axel Smith's e3 Poison is one of the more original opening books to be published this century

which requires the player to make a difficult decision

- Passive or active defense

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Aronian-Variante - Ein modernes Repertoire gegen Spanisch the big greek The latter aims for optimalThe Armenian top grandmaster Levon Aronian has refreshed an old concept with new game ideas. The starting point of the Aronian Variation in the Spanish Game (1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5) is the move 3 Nge7, which was named after Carlo Cozio, an Italian chess master from the 18th century. The few grandmasters who used 3 Nge7 in the past, however, usually had different plans for it than Aronian and other well known players in the 21st century: For