Gertler: Play the Mackenzie - A sharp White attack in the Ruy Lopez mix plastik With most competitive games nowadays

With most competitive games nowadays being played to a finish in a single session

The division of players into four prototypes is extremely helpful not only in terms of game preparation

Focus on practical situations rather than artificial combinations or standard checkmate patterns

Is this book suitable for club players or primarily for strong competitive players

Matthias Krallmann and Matthias Blübaum don't offer easy reading

Gertler: Play the Mackenzie - A sharp White attack in the Ruy Lopez mix plastik With most competitive games nowadaysMackenzie Variante: Dein berraschungsrepertoire gegen die Spanische Partie This theoretically solid opening repertoire for White, based on playing 5. d4 in the main line of the Ruy Lopez (1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6), gives you a great way to bamboozle your opponent, who is probably unprepared for this variation and its many pitfalls. Black can easily go wrong within the next few moves and quickly lose material or succumb to a crushing