His debut for everyman chess, the Scottish GM does a remarkable job. He explains everything with such prose that you will have such an immense understanding of the position. He makes this case in his intro, where he says that the Kan is not aas theoretical as the dragon, najdorf, ect. In fact, the Kan is the least theoretical Sicilian out of the whole Sicilian! And I couldn'y agree more, the Kan is so easy to play, the plans so clear, the positions so interesting, that it is starting to attract the attention of the super GM's. Another remarkable feature of the Kan is that it allows you to play from a sound positional basis. You won't have to keep up with the lastest move 30 developements in some sicilian lines (sveshnikov!)And best of all, it's risk free!
Again the author couldn't explain the positions any better... highly reccommended!
P.S. I was a die hard French addict, but due to some difficulties I was facing against prepared opponents, I decided to switch oppenings where I had clear explanations of the positions, I even had John Watson's Play the French, and while I won a lot of games with that book, I lost against prepared opponents due to lack of understanding of the key positions/lines. My success rate against 1. e4 has now skyrocketed.
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