The Grunfeld is an exciting and dynamic answer to 1 d4, and has become very popular at all levels of chess. A major reason for this is that it has been a long-time favourite of the World s strongest-ever chess player, Garry Kasparov, who used it many times in his numerous World Championship battles. In Play the Grunfeld, Yelena Dembo produces a comprehensive and yet workable repertoire for Black, offering a solution against each of White s triesYelena Dembo is a renowned chess coach, who has taught students from over 30 countries."

'I love playing the King's Indian, but no-one ever allows me to reach my favourite opening ' Does this sound like an all too familiar complaint? The answer to this problem lies here. The truth is you will reach your favourite opening in barely half the games you play against 1 d4, and that's why this book is a godsend to those players fed up with blindly searching for the right way to play against annoying White systems designed to avoid the main lines. Yelena Dembo deals with them in no uncertain terms, offering Black no-nonsense solutions that enable you to face the future with confidence.