In 2004 it was Fritz, Junior, and Hiarcs, and in 2012 he used Houdini and especially Komodo. As one of the developers of Rybka and Komodo, among other important projects, Kaufman has made good use of engines in his writing, and both previous versions of this project proclaim the central role played by the computer.
Opening theory has exploded over the past two decades, due largely to the influence of engines and databases. While the first two – The Chess Advantage in Black and White: Opening Moves of the Grandmasters (2004) and The Kaufman Repertoire for Black and White: A Complete, Sound and User-Friendly Chess Opening Repertoire (2012) – were well-regarded, this new edition appears at something of an inflection point in the history of chess theory. Kaufman’s New Repertoire for Black and White: A Complete, Sound and User-Friendly Chess Opening Repertoire is the third incarnation of Larry Kaufman’s one-volume opening repertoire. Kaufman’s New Repertoire for Black and White: A Complete, Sound and User-friendly Chess Opening Repertoire. My thanks to the good folks at Chess Life for allowing me to do so. Minor differences exist between this and the printed version. A penultimate (and unedited) version of the review is reproduced here. This review has been printed in the March 2020 issue of Chess Life.
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