Geilmann: Der indische Meister Malik Mir Sultan Khan Damen Gambit won the British Championship twice

won the British Championship twice and

Svetushkin played in 6 Olympiads and at the last one scored "+6" - an all-time record for his team

Grandmaster Evgeny Sveshnikov has played the Advance Variation in countless games with excellent results and is

ECF and ChessCafe book of the year awards

the companion volume to his acclaimed bestseller Bologan's Black Weapons in the Open Games

Geilmann: Der indische Meister Malik Mir Sultan Khan Damen Gambit won the British Championship twiceIn 1929, Malik Mir Sultan Khan entered the world stage and achieved remarkable tournament successes. The young man, who was part of the entourage of an Indian diplomat, was temporarily one of the ten best chess players in the world. His astonishing career ended abruptly in 1933. Khan returned to British India with his master. He died there in 1966 without ever making another international appearance. This book traces the extraordinary life of this