Yearbook 128 hardcover: McShane paints the Ruy Lopez in KID Colours

This hardcover issue of New In Chess Yearbook 128: McShane paints the Ruy Lopez in KID Colours is a specialist opening-theory periodical for players who want to stay current and work from fresh analytical material.

Published four times a year, the Yearbook brings together current opening ideas, practical lines and less obvious continuations that can still matter in serious play. It is aimed at tournament players, trainers and ambitious chess students building or refining an opening repertoire.

What this issue covers

Issue 128 focuses on modern chess opening theory across a wide range of openings, including work from 1.e4, 1.d4 and English Opening positions. It also includes more than 75 practical opening exercises, so you can test your understanding of the ideas discussed in the magazine.

Why it is useful

This is not a one-time read, but a working tool for regular repertoire study. The analyses help you spot new moves, understand current plans in familiar structures and prepare more confidently for practical play. For tournament preparation and chess training, it is a focused source of opening analysis in a convenient hardcover format.

The issue is part of the New In Chess Yearbook series and comes as Yearbook 128 in hardcover binding.

Key details

• Product type: hardcover chess opening yearbook
• Publication: New In Chess Yearbook
• Issue: 128
• Format: hardcover
• Frequency: published four times a year
• Content focus: modern chess opening theory
• Exercises: more than 75 practical opening exercises
• Included: one issue of New In Chess Yearbook 128