Original and aggressive: 1...b6 for practical players Taktik Ivan Sokolov is an International

Ivan Sokolov is an International Grandmaster who was born in Bosnia in 1968 and rose to the number 12 spot in the FIDE world rankings

Author IM Tibor Károlyi

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Recently at the World Rapid and Blitz Championships in Qatar

Original and aggressive: 1...b6 for practical players Taktik Ivan Sokolov is an InternationalThe move 1 b6, the Owen Defense, is part of a series of systems that are complex but little researched. A good way to leave the beaten theoretical path early and present the opponent with new and difficult problems. This often involves rearrangements to other variations and structures, which makes this opening an ideal weapon for playing for a win with Black against theoretically experienced opponents. On this DVD, Nigel Davies shows how variations