CLEARANCE - Owen's Defense

CLEARANCE - Owen's Defense1 b6 is an opening from the last century that has developed into a modern system against a variety of White moves. It has been popular with a number of aggressive master players. The opening will appeal to those who wish to avoid over analysed positions. This volume reviews the current theory on the opening and provides numerous example games to guide the reader in his own evaluations.

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In 1937 he tied for first through third places with the world championship contenders Grandmaster Reuben Fine and Grandmaster Paul Keres in Ostend

Roman has had great success with this opening and is passing his own ideas and concepts on to you

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