In this highly original book Grandmaster Ipatov shares the chess philosophy that helped him become a top chess grandmaster. Contrary to the generally accepted norms that permeate the modern chess world he argues that spending most of ones training time on studying opening theory and memorizing trending lines until move 30 is wrong. However this is exactly how most beginners start learning chess nowadays. Some strong grandmasters also fall into this trap when they prioritize opening theory amongs