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International master Herman Grooten has over 40 years of experience as a professional chess trainer. Countless of his pupils became strong chess players. The best known of these are the grandmasters Loek van Wely, Robin Swinkels, Wouter Spoelman, Dennis de Vreugt, Jan Werle, Twan Burg and Benjamin Bok. In the field of journalism, he earned his spurs with chess columns in the newspapers Trouw and Het Eindhovens Dagblad. Since 2020 he has been co-owner of the popular Schaaksite.nl for which he has been writing articles for over ten years. As an author, he wrote several books of which the 2009 publication ""Chess Strategy for Club Players"" was awarded ""Book of the Year"" on Chesscafe.com. Meanwhile, in his series ""Understanding before Moving "" he has published several volumes that were received with great enthusiasm, both in Dutch and English.
, Understanding Before Moving 3: Sicilian Structures Part v2 - Taimanov, Kan and Richter Rauzer, is aimed at a somewhat different audience, here the aim is squarely club players ranging from 1800-2300. This well written book, the second in a series on the Sicilian by the Dutch International Master Herman Grooten, aims to explain the typical plans for White and Black in the Taimanov (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6), Kan (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6) and Richter-Rauzer (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5). Coming in at a massive 421 pages, this book does not cut corners. Grooten offers an overview of each variation followed by model games which are well annotated throughout. Club players looking to learn how to play or play against the Sicilian will find this book most helpful, particularly players below 2000. Rather than start out trying to memorize a bunch of sharp theory they will do much better to build a solid foundation by first learning the typical plans and ideas are for both sides. IM John Donaldson - April 2021.
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