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Best Lopez Defense for an 1800 adult?
07/02/09 at 04:25:43
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I need help picking a Lopez defense to last me the rest of my chess days.  I am a 35 year old 1800 who has been playing about 5 years.  I have only an average memory, but some time for study and aspirations of making master one day.  I have some experience with the Schliemann and the fianchetto defenses.  Neither seem sound enough to last me a life time.  

I am comfortable with gambits, but am leaning away from the chaotic stuff.  I prefer stark imbalances (unclear) to drawish equality.  My current repertoire includes the two knights defense, but I decline the danish, goring and king's gambit with an early d5.  I also play the nimzo-indian, ragozin, and 4 knights english with e5.

Which of these repertoire books is likely the best fit with my other defenses?
"Play 1.e4 e5" - Chigorin, Keres variation (early Nd7).
"Fighting the Spanish" - Marshall gambit
"The Ruy Lopez: A Guide for Black" - Zaitsev Variation
"A Spanish Repertoire for Black" - Rubenstein or Petrosian system
  
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