About the Author

Zaven Andriasyan is a Grandmaster from Armenia. He became World Junior Chess Champion in 2006, and has been a regular contributor to New In Chess Yearbook, the leading chess opening periodical

Reviews

Andriasyan has an excellent writing style. He often interrupts dry analysis with explanations about which pieces to trade, why he likes certain maneuvers and dislikes other. This is all entertaining and instructive and makes the material much easier to digest and remember. One of the very best opening books I've ever seen. -- Sam Collins Chess Today If you are an ambitious player and are not afraid to do some work on your own, this could be an amazing book for you. -- Carsten Hansen ChessCafe.com I learned new things not only for Black, which is what you'd expect, but for White too. Andriasyan is very even-handed, and quite regularly shows a main line for Black that has troubles, so that he can better motivate and explain his preferred line. That makes this an even more valuable resource-it's a good source of ideas for the first player too. -- Dennis Monokroussos The Chess Mind All relevant lines are covered. Even the trendy 6.h3 earned several pages of analysis, showing the reader why players at the very top like to play this move. A fresh concept, you can virtually see your understanding growing while turning the pages. -- Lukas Wedrechowski dailychess.org Although the author has structured his work as a repertoire book for Black, he always stays objective. -- Karl W. Schweizer Rochade Europa Magazine The instructional format is top-notch, concise and clear. Diagrams flow like confetti. Twenty pages are devoted to tactical exercises and their in-depth solutions. This will allow the reader to get some hands-on experience with these razor-sharp weapons before springing them on the unwary. A fresh and exciting look at the Najdorf at its most treacherous. -- John D. Warth, This title is destined to be a classic... Chess Club of Southern Indiana