Leningrad System: A Complete Weapon Against 1 d4: Black Repertoire for Tournament Players (Progress in Chess)

The Leningrad System is one of the sharpest and most interesting replies to 1 d4, and since this typical set-up is also playable against the flank openings 1 c4 and 1 If3, it provides the Black player with a genuine universal weapon. Ee8 in the main line of the Leningrad System is presented here, but since the typical motifs and ideas for both sides are fully explained, White players too will benefit from a study of the book.

Stefan Emanuel Sylvester Kindermann (born 28 December 1959 in Vienna, Austria) is an Austrian chess grandmaster. He played in the knockout system of the 1998 FIDE World Chess Championship, represented Germany and Austria in eight Chess Olympiads and is the author of several chess books.