Gary Lane Book order (chronological)

The Bishop's Opening is an ideal opening for club and tournament players as it leads to positions in which a successful outcome depends on a thorough knowledge of the important ideas for both sides rather than time-consuming theoretical preparation. This collection of fully-annotated games includes every important variation with an emphasis on currently fashionable systems of attack and defence.

In the 1990 World Championship match Gary Kasparov shocked the chess world with his adoption of the unusual Scotch opening, which had for many years been considered a poor relation to the Ruy Lopez (or Spanish Game). However, in that match and subsequently Kasparov has introduced a variety of exciting new tactical ideas which have completely transformed the reputation of the Scotch into a powerful winning weapon and it is now highly fashionable at grandmaster, tournament and club levels.