Two chapters left.

A lot has happened since I last posted something. The reason – as previously stated – is that I have had a period of intense writing on my coming book “the Modern Tiger” (basically a huge update on my first book “Tiger’s Modern”). There is not a line in the book that I have not been over twice and I am very happy to have the end of it in sight. This weekend I played in a local tournament, Malmö Open, and after blundering a rook in round 4 I had to win the last three games in order to have a chance to share the first place. After two wins I was paired with the Black pieces against Bengt Lindberg in the last round. For those of you who are not Swedes; Bengt Lindberg is a Swedish IM who can not be taken lightly. I have huge respect for him. When he is in good shape he can win against anyone. And not just win. He wins on pure strength and does not rely on blunders or passive openings that make the higher rated player self-destruct. I have a miserable statistic against him with Black and with only an hour to prepare I asked myself: “With which opening will I stand most of a chance to win”? Well, if it was not obvious before how I usually answer that question, it is now official; the Modern…