Catastrophe in the opening

The gods put the middle game before the endgame, but if you mistreat the opening, you'll never get into the middle game! Opening Disasters uses contemporary master games to show how players fail at the beginning of the game and is instructive for players of all levels. If you learn from the typical mistakes of others, you can better avoid disaster in your own games. The author hopes that studying the games on this DVD will make you more tactically aware and develop a better sense of danger. Virtually all of the games were played in recent years and almost all are extensively commented. Overall, the level of chess in 2014 is higher than ever, but that doesn't mean that accidents in the opening no longer happen. Quite the opposite, as you will soon see!