Side-Stepping Mainline Theory Susan Polgar Chess DVDs e4) course is aimed at

e4) course is aimed at teaching a student much of the opening and middlegame methods and intricacies through a theoretical section which includes 426 games/lectures

This is easier said than done

Once you settle down for your game and the first moves have been played

5% to 52% is the natural average number of white ‘superiority’

But that's where Aagaard (and other heavyweights like Dvoretsky and Yusupov) come to the rescue

Side-Stepping Mainline Theory Susan Polgar Chess DVDs e4) course is aimed atSpend more study time on whats really decisive in your games! The average chess player spends too much time on studying opening theory. In his day, World Chess Champion Emanuel Lasker argued that improving amateurs should spend about 5% of their study time on openings. These days club players are probably closer to 80%, often focusing on opening lines that are popular among grandmasters. Club players shouldnt slavishly copy the choices of