Kornev: A Practical White Repertoire with 1. d4 and 2. c4 - Volume 1 Taktik In the final two chapters

In the final two chapters

to consider this book worth completely revising and bringing it up to date

Axel Smith is the award-winning author of The Woodpecker Method

In systems based on an early d2-d3 (Giuoco Pianissimo)

Kornev: A Practical White Repertoire with 1. d4 and 2. c4 - Volume 1 Taktik In the final two chaptersThe Complete Queen's Gambit Excerpts from the intro: "Sooner or later every chess player faces the problem of building his or her opening repertoire. This is particularly difficult when you play with White, since you need to be well prepared against all of Black's possible responses. However, most players, including the author, have no inclination to devote all their time to studying opening variations. Therefore, we have decided not to cover 1. e2