Franco: Your second chess book Strategie known in the Soviet Union

known in the Soviet Union as the "Patriarch"

that happy mix of colorful background information and sharp

– Alexei Shirov

Bb5 in the Sicilian

the second volume in the Chess GPS series by Sam Palatnik and Michael Khodarkovsky

Franco: Your second chess book Strategie known in the Soviet UnionBasic and intermediate level This book of chess puzzles " Your second chess book " is intended for novice players who can already see simple mates and direct captures, but now wish to move up a level. The book, containing 275 puzzles, begins with fairly simple tasks and ends with a set of puzzles that are somewhat more challenging. All of the puzzles are provided with explanations to facilitate the understanding of what happened and the assimilation