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Popular chess author and lecturer Pete Tamburro devotes special attention to the best ways to meet both tricky lines like the Blackmar-Diemer and the Belgrade Gambit, and \"system\" attacks such as the Colle and the Barry, while discussing such vexing topics as when to chase a bishop and whether to believe openings manuals.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Part II offers a selection of openings that you are invited to consider based on your needs, and presents 53 annotated model games to help you understand the openings' ideas rather than just memorizing moves. 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Chock-full of practical advice aimed at the average-to-advancing club player, \u003ci\u003eOpenings for Amateurs - Theory vs Practice\u003c\/i\u003e rounds off this acclaimed series with discussions of sharp and sneaky openings you will often face in tournaments and cautionary tales of the opening traps that people still fall into. And since you've advanced this far, there are 38 carefully annotated games on key themes in positional chess, including a close look at isolated queen pawn openings; what to know about the Minority Attack; learning why \"equal\" doesn't always mean \"drawn\"; and a deeper dive into the Ruy López, where you will learn some grand strategies - one of them going back all the way to Alexander the Great.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The final section is a special feature, rarely seen in the chess literature: a collection of nearly two dozen games from the biggest amateur team tournament in the world, where Pete illustrates what he's been talking about in all three volumes. 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