Taylor: Slay the Spanish improvers packed with useful advice

packed with useful advice

it is frequently Black who will be the target of White's aggression

Jan Timman returns to this clash of giants and takes a fresh look at the games

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as well as being blitz champion of the 2008 World Mind Sports Games (at age 17)

Taylor: Slay the Spanish improvers packed with useful adviceFormer US Open Champion Timothy Taylor presents a repertoire for Black against the universally popular Spanish Opening (Ruy Lopez). The backbone of Black's repertoire is based on the Modern Steinitz Defence, which has justifiably earned a reputation as an important alternative to the main lines. The Modern Steinitz may lead to razor sharp gambits, such as the Siesta Variation, where just one slip by either player could prove to be fatal. But perhaps