Table of Contents

Key to symbols used and Bibliography 4 Preface 5 Acknowledgements 8 1 4.f4 - Austrian Style 9 2 4.f4 Nf6 - The Back-up Plan 98 3 Flexible Dragon Unleashed 151 4 Flexible Dragon Restrained 201 5 The Hippopotamus 246 6 Classical Variation 299 7 4.Bg5 - Into Midair 338 8 4.Bc4 - Mad Dog 352 9 Fianchetto (In Excelsis) 394 10 Lazy Variation with c2-c3 421 11 Unusual Lines 449 12 Averbakh Variation 476 Index of Main Games 529 Variation Index 531

About the Author

Swedish chess grandmaster Tiger Hillarp Perssonis a Modern aficionado who is widely admired for his creative style andoriginal ideas.