English 1.c4 e5 for Black the big greek “Both coaches and the aspiring

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Advanced players will delight in the many devious middlegame tricks - some classified here for the first time - which can catch out even grandmasters

English 1.c4 e5 for Black the big greek “Both coaches and the aspiringFrom the beginning we are taught to play for the center, to develop the pieces and to secure our king. But as time goes on these "compulsory rules" lose their force, we allow more and more exceptions, until at some point we pick up our first chess textbook and discover that we have to repeat the general principles from scratch. It is the same with openings. To confuse their opponents, many players today have taken to playing the English Opening with