Wojo's Weapons, Volume 1: Winning with White

This Wojo's Weapons, Volume 1: Winning with White is a chess repertoire book for players who want a practical White opening after 1.Nf3 d5, built around Aleksander Wojtkiewicz’s dynamic approach and explained through fully annotated games.

What this book covers

The book presents a White repertoire based on Catalan ideas and shows how to handle it in a clear, structured way. Rather than giving you a bare list of moves, it focuses on the plans behind the lines, so you can understand the opening as part of a complete game.

IM Dean Ippolito and NM Jonathan Hilton use 75 fully annotated games to guide the reader through typical pawn structures, middlegame decisions and the transition into endgames. That makes the material useful both for study and for building a repertoire you can actually use over the board.

Why it stands out

This is a good choice for players looking for a White repertoire that is practical, solid and flexible enough to aim for a win. It is designed to help you learn the ideas behind the moves, not just memorise variations.

Wojo's Weapons is therefore more than an opening book. It is a guide to the whole process of playing the repertoire, from the first moves to the technical conversion of an advantage.

Authors

Dean Ippolito and Jonathan Hilton are the authors of this volume, published by Mongoose Press.

Key details

• Product type: chess repertoire book
• Opening repertoire: White after 1.Nf3 d5
• Focus: dynamic repertoire based on Catalan ideas
• Games: 75 fully annotated games
• Subject: repertoire inspired by Aleksander Wojtkiewicz
• Authors: IM Dean Ippolito and NM Jonathan Hilton
• Publisher: Mongoose Press