Kosten: Winning with the Philidor

This is a guide to learning, playing and winning with Philidor's Defence, named after the chess player Andre Philidor. The book provides an analysis of this unusual and dynamic chess opening, a favourite of uncompromising players such as Aron Nimzowitsch and Bent Larsen. For club and tournament players it offers an exciting fighting alternative to the lengthy theoretical paths of the Ruy Lopez and Sicilian. Fully-annotated complete games are used to illustrate the key ideas. The author is one of England's leading players and became a Grandmaster in 1990.

This unusual and surprisingly dynamic opening for Black (1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 d6!?) has been enthusiastically championed by original thinkers Nimzowitch, Simagin and Larsen. GM Tony Kosten's well-researched survey contains much new analysis and many fine counter-punching Black wins. Surprise your clubmates!