The Tarrasch Defence

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 Eiropean Championship in semi-contact kickboxing.