CLEARANCE - The Schliemann Defense - Volume 1 Queen's Indian The playing surface is just

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CLEARANCE - The Schliemann Defense - Volume 1 Queen's Indian The playing surface is justWhen these two authors undertook to revise their 1983 treatment of the Schliemann Defense, they found that the opening had enjoyed such exercise in tournament (including Candidate Match) and correspondence play, that it would require four volumes to contain the current theory in adequate depth. This first volumee treats the lines after 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 f5 4 Nc3 fxe4 5 Nxe4 Nf6, known as the Tartakower Variation. The line is extensively analyzed