Shaw: Quality Chess Puzzle Book Vereinsbedarf As you solve these problems

As you solve these problems

Soon you will be able to play strong moves in any opening position

General principles of the game in the opening

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5) The Catalan Opening

Shaw: Quality Chess Puzzle Book Vereinsbedarf As you solve these problemsWhen John Shaw decided to write a puzzle book he had many ideas in mind: The puzzles should be challenging but not so difficult that a chessboard is needed they can be solved on the train, plane or wherever you happen to be when you have a few minutes to spare The positions should be educational with some instructive point to the solution But, he also selected many puzzles just because they were fun. The positions are all from fairly recent games, so