Dariusz Swiercz

I would like to thank you for purchasing this book, I really appreciate it. It also means that you found an interest in my work of trying to crack the Ruy Lopez. As I said in the introduction to the first volume, I had no idea what I was signing up for when deciding to write a book on Ruy...

For many chess players, opening study is pure hard work. It is difficult to know what is important and what is not, and when specific knowledge is vital, or when a more general understanding is sufficient. Tragically, once the opening is over, a player is puzzled about what plan to follow or even understand why his pieces are on the...

What is the best way to improve your opening knowledge? Memorising variations? Not really. In the first volume of Dariusz Swiercz's trilogy, the author helps you to understand the instructive patterns that arise from the immensely popular Nimzo-Indian Defence. Packed with plenty of new ideas, his methods consider the different ways White has at his disposal. His unique approach shows...