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An Aggressive Opening Repertoire for the Club Player by Nikolai Kalinichenko

Hardback, 230 pages

The aggressive opening repertoire suggested is based on 1 e4 for White, with the Vienna Game against 1...e5 and 2 f4 against 1...c5, 3 e5 against both French and Caro-Kann, and the Austrian Attack versus 1...d6/1...g6. For Black, the major recommendations are the Dragon Sicilian against 1 e4 and the Leningrad Dutch against 1 d4.

A Positional Opening Repertoire for the Club Player by Nikolai Kalinichenko

Hardback, 240 pages

This companion to the above volume has a white repertoire of 1 e4 based around the Scotch Four Knights (against 1...e5), 2 c3 against 1...c5, 3 Nd2 (Tarrasch French) against 1...e6 2 d4 d5, 3 e5 and 4 Nf3 against the Caro-Kann, and the Pirc/Modern is countered with 3 f3. For Black, the main recommendations are the Sozin/Rauzer Sicilian against 1 e4 and the King's Indian Defence against 1 d4.