Caruana's Ruy Lopez: A White Repertoire for Club Players (New in Chess)

I was on the fence about the purchase of this book because of a few reviews I read. I'm glad I just bought it. Some review read Caruana did not actually write the book saying it only covered material that was in the DVD treatment on the opening. Wrong, written by Caruana the number three man in the world in chess. I'm a 2000 rated player and the Ruy was a complete mystery to me. Caruana in just a few hours has given me great insight into this foundational opening. I've owned over 200 chess books in my life and can say with confidence that this book is one of my favorites. If you'ed like to see what one of top players in the world has to recommend to you about playing the Ruy Lopez, then I promise you will learn a lot from this 200 pg. plus book with out getting bogged down! This is a great book! Thank you Caruana for your help and hope you sell a hundred thousand. You can't go wrong just buy it.

Caruana's comments in his 3 DVD chessbase course were transcribed into this portable and compact book. The evaluation were tested with an engine and hold up very well. This is an excellent all-in-one book on the Ruy Lopez and compares well to longer volumes on the Ruy Lopez.

The book is full of ideas, not just moves. Caruana frequently talks about his games, as well as about games played recently by other top players, which is awesome (e.g., "I played this position against Magnus Carlsen and you wouldn't think..."; "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave usually plays..."; "Aronian - again! - was playing..."). And he explains the positions in the variations, outlining both the short- and long-run plans and ideas. He notes, for example, why the black bishop is often misplaced on b7 in the anti-Marshall ("[It] very often wants to get back to e6 to neutralize the white bishop on b3"), and he outlines why fixing Black's pawn on a6 creates a long-term weakness ("...right now, it might sound a bit funny to call this a weakness. But in a lot of endgames, this weakness will start to tell."). Similarly, in the Berlin, Caruana explains how one of the advantages that White often gets is Black's misplaced knight, either on c6 or d6, depending on the variation (e.g., "If Black's knight were on g6, instead [of] on d6, then Black would be completely comfortable"). In the Schliemann, he notes White's long-term, pawn-push plan when Black castles queen-side ("I recommend this plan of going for b2-b4. It is a very caveman approach to the position."). And in the Cozio, Caruana outlines the long-term problems created by moving the f-pawn ("Black won't notice the weakness of having played ... f7-f5 in the very short term."). All around, this is a great albeit brief book - a super solid, accessible introduction to the main lines of the Ruy Lopez.

Great in depth analysis and suggestions on various popular Ruy Lopez lines by Fab

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Currently I work with this book about the Ruy Lopez for White. Caruana is a strong GM and the thinking of a strong GM is clearly noticeable through the whole book. What I like most is that Caruana doesn't step away from going into the main lines of Ruy Lopez and gives White a clear path through the main lines. If you want to step away from the main lines than IM Andrew Greet gives an alternative path which also is very clear and avoids the complications of the main lines. But I prever going into the complications of the main lines because these complications go hand in hand with many opportunities for outplaiing the opponent and there are some reasons why they are main lines. The author also gives a lot of new ideas (his own suggestions what to try as White) and so far these ideas seem very inspiring for me. All in all a fantastic book.

Excellent livre qui se lit bien je ne parle presque pas anglais mais avec un anglais simplement écrit je réussis a comprendre les idées. Livraison rapide et efficace