Viktor Moskalenko è uno dei principali istruttori di scacchi del nostro tempo. Non solo ha preparato Maestri e Grandimaestri, compreso la stella ucraina Vassily Ivanchuk, ma ha insegnato a centinaia di giocatori di vario genere ed i suoi libri di successo hanno ispirato migliaia di giocatori ambiziosi in tutto il mondo. Il volume è basato sul miglior materiale di lavoro raccolto durante il training con giocatori di forza diversa per oltre tre decadi. Il libro copre un'ampia varietà di aspetti del gioco con più di 500 posizioni istruttive. Gli esercizi e gli esempi sono accessibili anche quando la vostra forza comincerà a crescere. Se avete un punteggio Elo tra 1400 e 2100, questo libro vi aiuterà certamente a fare grandi passi in avanti poiché anche se diventerete un forte giocatore riprendere temi precedenti e valutarli con occhi diversi risulta di fondamentale importanza. Con tocco leggero e con il suo famoso humor Moskalenko spiega i temi ed i concetti del suo materiale di addestramento e imparare non è mai stato così facile. Successivamente presenta un gran numero di esempi ed esercizi tipici con diverse sezioni di esame per verificare la vostra progressiva comprensione.

When Viktor Moskalenko’s The Flexible French appeared in 2008, it caused a sensation. It was hailed by reviewers as eye-opening, full of new ideas, easy to read, sparkling, accessible and inspirational.

Time has not stood still, and seven years after the publication of The Flexible French, Viktor Moskalenko has decided to fully revise, update and extend his modern classic.

The Even More Flexible French has largely the same structure as its predecessor, but Moskalenko has found hundreds of improvements, alternatives, new ideas and fresh weapons that will delight and surprise the reader.

The book contains a more or less complete French repertoire for Black. Yet Moskalenko also presents quite a few weapons and opportunities for White. The Ukrainian Grandmaster’s analysis is, as before, high-level, his touch has remained light and fresh.

Grandmaster Viktor Moskalenko shakes up the lines of yet another chess opening! For those who have the Dutch Defense in their repertoire or play against it, this brings an explosive mixture of danger and opportunity. Danger if you stick to your old ways, opportunity if you are ready to take up Moskalenko’s new weapons or his refutations of old ones. Moskalenko covers the Anti-Dutch, Leningrad, Stonewall and Classical variations. He guides you through this ground-breaking opening book with the enthusiasm, the ease and the humor that characterize his style. For ‘The Diamond Dutch’ goes what chess star Vassily Ivanchuk said about Moskalenko’s previous work ‘The Perfect Pirc-Modern’: “This book will undoubtedly help you to master not just the Pirc and Modern Defences, but also to systematize and perfect your understanding of the key points of other openings.”

Bestselling author Viktor Moskalenko takes on another important chess opening! The Pirc and Modern are flexible openings, rich in strategic and tactical ideas. They feature in the repertoire of great players like Kramnik, Grischuk and Ivanchuk, but are also quite popular at club level. Moskalenko, a renowned champion of dynamic play, highlights the ideas and plans, offers invaluable insights into transpositions and pawn structures, and reveals numerous novelties and new resources in well-known lines for both Black and White. In his usual crystal clear style, with a light touch, Moskalenko takes the reader by the hand and shares his own wide experiences and deep analysis in the Pirc-Modern. Great opening instruction and a joy to read!

Former Ukrainian Champion Moskalenko, who coached Vasily Ivanchuk to stardom, presents a fundamentally new approach of getting better at chess. Covering all aspects of the game, Moskalenko develops new and easy-to-apply rules-of-thumb for amateur players who want to improve. With many examples, tests and exercises, this is the ultimate modern chess skills improvement manual. Easy to read and understand; even weaker players will benefit from Moskalenko's breakdown of the material, wrote Carsten Hansen at ChessCafe about Moskalenko's previous book 'The Flexible French'.