Taylor: Slay the Spanish metadata-enriched The Knight on the Attack

The Knight on the Attack

Alekhine’s Defence

because it is such a coherent system

Akiva Rubinstein occupies a unique position in chess history

Taylor: Slay the Spanish metadata-enriched The Knight on the AttackFormer US Open Champion Timothy Taylor presents a repertoire for Black against the universally popular Spanish Opening (Ruy Lopez). The backbone of Black's repertoire is based on the Modern Steinitz Defence, which has justifiably earned a reputation as an important alternative to the main lines. The Modern Steinitz may lead to razor sharp gambits, such as the Siesta Variation, where just one slip by either player could prove to be fatal. But perhaps