The Tarrasch Defence arises after 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 and leads to wildly complex and dynamic play. With deep analysis and countless novelties, ntirlis and aagaard have revieved the coolest classical opening for use by grandmasters and amateurs in the 21st century.

• Expert guidance on an attacking opening
• Hundreds of novelties
• A blend of human expertise and state-of-art computer analysis

Grandmaster Jacob Aagaard , a former British Champion, is an author who has won several awards on both sides of the Atlantic. Most recently, his two Attacking Manual volumes were chosen as Book of the Year by both the English Chess Federation and the Guardian newspaper.

Nikolaos Ntirlis is a chess coach and computer engineer. He is known as a strong analyst who has seconded many grandmasters. Ntirlis is a PhD student in bio-informatics. He has black belts in Okinawa Karate and Jiu-Jitsu and won a bronze medal at the European Championship in semi-contact kickboxing.

Content:
003 Bibliography

006 Key to Symbols used

007 Preface by Nikolaos Ntirlis

010 Preface by Jacob Aagaard

011 Introduction

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2 Be7 8.0-0 0-0 9.Bg5 c4!
021 1. Various 10th Moves

040 2. Various 11th Moves

049 3. 11.Rc1

059 4. 11.e3

074 5. 11.f4

089 6. 11.Nxc6 and 11.b3

101 7. 16.Rc1!

116 8. 16.Qc2

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2 Be7 8.0-0 0-0 9.dxc5 Bxc5
131 9. Minor 10th Moves

144 10. Reti Variation

162 11. 10.Bg5

182 12. Timman Variation - Introduction

195 13. Timman Variation - Main Line

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2 Be7 8.0-0 0-0
218 14. 9th Move Alternatives

Early Deviations
234 15. Set-ups without Nc3

255 16. Various 6th Moves

269 17. 6.dxc5! - Introduction and 9.Bd2

285 18. 6.dxc5! - 9.Qd2

307 19. Various 5th Moves

319 20. Various 4th Moves

341 Variation Index