This practical, user-friendly opening guide offers players of the White pieces a complete and aggressive repertoire based on 1 e4. The author recommends playing the Scotch Game against 1...e5 while providing effective and easy-to-learn antidotes to Black's alternative choices – the Sicilian, French, Petroff, Philidor, Caro-Kann, Pirc/Modern and Alekhine Defences.

Commentaries on 51 model games illustrate the correct handling of a broad range of attacking positions, while specific lines of play are broken down and presented in a clear and accessible format, enabling readers to understand the various structures and how best to deploy all the available fighting forces.

Material has been selected from modern master practice and many of the games have not been annotated before in chess literature. Moreover, in a number of variations, existing theory has been challenged and even overturned.