How to Approach Openings With Black

This email is inspired by a quote by Bent Larsen from the book “How To Open A Chess Game.” I don't have the book, nor have I read it, so the information I give here was sent to me by a reader of this newsletter, FM Richard Meulders, to whom I am very grateful.

The quote is the following:

''... if Black doesn't want to have to defend carefully during the…