Intended for players of positional style, or for use when the competitive situation demands a solid approach. The repertoire is based on 1 e4 as White, and the Classical Sicilian and King's Indian Defence as Black. Beware, most of the theory whereupon the repertoire is based is from before the year 2000.

Repertoire with White:
- 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3, or 2...Nf6 3.Nf3
- 1.e4 c5 2.c3
- 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2
- 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2
- 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.f3
- 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3

Repertoire with Black
- 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 Beware: allternatives for White on move 2 and 3 are not covered in this book but in the companion volume "An Aggressive Opening Repertoire for the Club Player"
- 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 King's Indian (64 pages allocated, the heart of this book)
- 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6
PLUS coverage of the Torre Attack, Trompovsky Opening and Bird Opening
PLUS 30 Illustrative games played up to the year 2004

Also available is the companion volume "An Aggressive Opening Repertoire for the Club Player", offering a range of openings which are closely linked, but which are less forcefull in character.

Nikolai Kalinichenko is a GM in correspondence play and the author of some 40 chess titles