Catastrophe in the Opening UpdateSN_required true GM Jacob Aagaard is the

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Catastrophe in the Opening UpdateSN_required true GM Jacob Aagaard is theThe 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