French Defence Advance Variation

The well-known grandmaster and theoretician Evgeny Sveshnikov has used the Closed Variation (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5) more than 150 times in tournament play, with a score of more than 70 percent. Many theoretically important games have been excluded by the author from official chess databases, and here they are exclusively published for the first time. Volume 1 of this two volume set includes an historical overview of the Closed Variation; plans for White and Black on the basis of thoroughly annotated games, a lesson on the blockade, and 70 test positions.

The second half of a two-volume work, this set is intended for a broad range of chess enthusiasts. The author believes that anyone making a thorough study of the available material can expect an improvement in playing strength in this system of approximate 200 Elo points. This second volume contains 61 theoretically important games for independent analysis, an encyclopedia of variations, a summary of the 3.e5 system, games for further study, and the latest theoretical developments.