The Spanish Exchange Variation lets you play one of the major chess openings, the Ruy Lopez, without the risk of drowning in the huge flow of information now available to the modern
chess-player. White's play in this opening is often very thematic, thus an understanding of the typical positions is more important than concrete knowledge of variations. Grandmaster Stefan
Kindermann, who plays the Spanish ExchangeVariation himself, provides clear explanations, as well as instructive analysis of carefully selected examples, and he reveals many new ideas and
fresh assessments. Although this is a repertoire book for White, the author's treatment is objective, and a special chapter is even devoted to what he considers to be Black's best choice
against this formidable weapon.
