French Defence Advance Variation: Volume Two (Progress in Chess)

The second half of a two-volume work, this set is intended for a broad range of chess enthusiasts. The author believes that anyone making a thorough study of the available material can expect an improvement in playing strength in this system of approximate 200 Elo points. This second volume contains 61 theoretically important games for independent analysis, an encyclopedia of variations, a summary of the 3.e5 system, games for further study, and the latest theoretical developments.

Sveshnikov took part in his first USSR Chess Championship at the age of 17. FIDE awarded him the title of International Master in 1975 and Grandmaster in 1977.
In his first international competitions he was joint winner in Decin 1974, shared first place (with Lev Polugaevsky) in Sochi 1976 and won category 8 tournaments in Le Havre 1977 and Cienfuegos 1979. In Novi Sad 1979 he shared second prize with Efim Geller behind Florin Gheorghiu. In Wijk aan Zee 1981 he shared 3rd place, and in 1983 he was joint champion of Moscow. Sveshnikov won the Latvian Chess Championship in 2003 and 2010. In 2017, Sveshnikov won the 65+ section of the World Senior Chess Championship.