Serbian grandmaster Milos Pavlovic is a lifelong Sveshnikov player as well as an experienced chess trainer, making him the ideal guide to this opening. Playing the Sveshnikov offers a complete repertoire for Black in the Sveshnikov, including secondary recommendations against certain key variations. With top-class analysis, novelties galore and thoughtful explanations, this book provides everything you need to learn and play the Sveshnikov with success. The ideas Pavlovic presents are usually profound and well-developed, but the analysis sometimes contain gaps. There is also no afterword or summary, which makes the choice of the variations discussed seem arbitrary. Nevertheless, that is only a blemish that does not detract from the power of the book, which offers nice surprise weapons in addition to a repertoire… All in all, a nice book for both those who already play the Sveshnikov and want to know more about it, and those who are considering playing the opening,