Play the Catalan - Davies "VENDOR Square Off" for reasons that might be

for reasons that might be insignificant or imperceptible to some people

Anatoly Karpov and Michael Adams are just a handful of top Grandmasters who have utilized it with great effect

Published: 2008

German Correspondence Chess Federation: "A work that succeeds

Play the Catalan - Davies "VENDOR Square Off" for reasons that might beThe Catalan is a sophisticated opening system which is popular at all levels of chess. In recent years it has been catapulted into the limelight by Vladimir Kramnik, who has revitalized it with many new ideas and has utilized it with great success against the world's strongest players on occasion making it look like a forced win for White! In this book, Grandmaster Nigel Davies presents a major study of this important opening. Using illustrative games