Play the Orangutan: 1.b4 Emanuel Lasker and observing the chess game

and observing the chess game 'as it is'

computer analysis and the constant use of chess engines

Part 1: Topalov – Ponomariov

IM Kolosowski combines two decades of his own experience with the ideas of the top players from the past and presents delivering the most complete

Play the Orangutan: 1.b4 Emanuel Lasker and observing the chess gameThe Orangutan, 1. b4, is also known as the Sokolsky opening, respectively named by the endearing name given to the opening by grandmaster Savielly Tartakower in 1924 after a visit to the New York Central Park Zoo or the opening's primary researcher and practitioner, Alexei Sokolsky. The opening challenges normal conventions by launching an instant attack on Black's queenside right from the outset of the game and leads to an interesting game where both