Taylor: Slay the Spanish improvers and offers Black the chance

and offers Black the chance to unbalance the position early and play for a win without too much risk

as well as being blitz champion of the 2008 World Mind Sports Games (at age 17)

Las Palmas 1996

Jan Timman returns to this clash of giants and takes a fresh look at the games

Taylor: Slay the Spanish improvers and offers Black the chanceFormer US Open Champion Timothy Taylor presents a repertoire for Black against the universally popular Spanish Opening (Ruy Lopez). The backbone of Black's repertoire is based on the Modern Steinitz Defence, which has justifiably earned a reputation as an important alternative to the main lines. The Modern Steinitz may lead to razor sharp gambits, such as the Siesta Variation, where just one slip by either player could prove to be fatal. But perhaps