CONTEMPORARY CHESS OPENINGS Geno! Editor R Wade T.D. Harding, PR. MarkfandFirst published 1975 @©T. D. Harding, P. R. Markland 1975 ISBN 0 7134 2979 8 Typeset by William Clowes & Sons Limited, London, Colchester and Beccles Printed in Great Britain by Biddles Lid, Guildford, Surrey and bound by Hunter & Foulis Lrd, Edinburgh for the publishers B. T. Batsford Ltd, 4 Fitzhardinge Street, London W1H 0AH B, T. Batsford (Australia) Pty Ltd, 23, Cross Street, P.O. Box 586, Brookvale, N.S.W. 2100 BATSFORD CHESS BOOKS General editor: R. G. Wade Assistant editor: K. J. O'ConnellContents OCOOu dK UVpwANn Acknowledgements Bibliography Preface Symbols How to Use This Book Introduction Rauzer: 8... B-Q2and9...B-K2 Rauzer: Other 7... P-QR3 Lines Old Main Line: with 8... NxN Old Main Line: with 8... 0-0 Modern Rauzer: Introduction Modern Rauzer: with 7 Q-Q2 Richter Attack and Other Rare Lines Botvinnik Variation and Other Black Divergences Index of Complete Games Index of Variations vi vii viii 29 53 73 90 101 14 127 142