Download or read book Understanding the King s Indian written by Mikhail Golubev and published by Gambit Publications. This book was released on 2005-11-14 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everything you ever wanted to know about one of the most appealing chess openings Author is a lifelong King's Indian specialist Despite its pointed and aggressive nature, the King's Indian is an opening that lends itself well to discussion in terms of plans, ideas, and pawn-structures. Those who are familiar with these underlying themes will enjoy an enormous practical advantage when facing those who lack this understanding, even if they are theoretically well-prepared. Essential reading for all who strive to win with Black
Download or read book The King s Indian Defence Move by Move written by Sam Collins and published by Everyman Chess. This book was released on 2017-10-22 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The King’s Indian is a hugely popular opening at all levels of chess. Rather than attempting to secure early equality, Black is fighting for the initiative from the very first moves. White is allowed to build up an early central advantage but Black relies on the middlegame, hoping that the central installations that White has constructed will become unwieldy and vulnerable to a devastating counterattack. In many variations, White pursues material or strategic gains but in return Black has tactical and attacking opportunities. The King’s Indian Defence appeals to players who arrive at the board prepared for a fight. The Move by Move series provides an ideal format for the keen chessplayer to improve their game. While reading you are continually challenged to answer probing questions – a method that greatly encourages the learning and practising of vital skills just as much as the traditional assimilation of chess knowledge. Carefully selected questions and answers are designed to keep you actively involved and allow you to monitor your progress as you learn. This is an excellent way to study chess while providing the best possible chance to retain what has been learnt. * Everything you need to know about the King’s Indian Defence. * The Q and A approach emphasizes plans and strategies. * Written by an expert on the opening.
Download or read book First Steps The King s Indian Defence written by Andrew Martin and published by Everyman Chess. This book was released on 2019-09-22 with total page 599 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The King’s Indian Defence is one of the great classical counter-attacking openings. The most aggressive world champions (including Mikhail Tal, Bobby Fischer and Garry Kasparov) have all scored brilliant knockout victories with this opening. In this book the highly experienced coach international master Andrew Martin explains the basic ideas behind all the different variations that occur after 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 g6 3 Nc3 Bg7 4 e4 d6. The focus on strategic elements such as pawn structures, attacking plans and typical piece manouevres allows the reader to quickly gain an excellent feel for this complex opening. First Steps is an opening series that is ideal for improving players who want simple and straightforward explanations. First Steps emphasizes: * the basic principles * the basic strategies * the key tricks and traps First Steps books are based around carefully selected instructive games which demonstrate exactly what both sides are trying to achieve. There is enough theory to enable the improving player to get to grips with the opening without feeling overwhelmed. If you want to take up a new opening, First Steps is the ideal place to start.
Download or read book Bronstein on the King s Indian written by David Bronstein and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Master the King's Indian with this book which puts emphasis on understanding the typical moves, maoeuvres and the overall spirit of the defence.
Download or read book Play the King s Indian written by Joe Gallagher and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The King's Indian has always been one of the sharpest, most complex and popular openings that Black can play; it still provides the setting for many encounters at the elite level of Grandmaster chess. Straight from the start, Black fights for the initiative and in many variations, while White pursues material gains, it is Black who has the psychological advantage of trying checkmate the opponent's king. Despite its many advantages, some prospective King's Indian players are put off by the seemingly endless amount of theory one is supposed to learn. In Play the King's Indian, however, Grandmaster and life-long King's Indian devotee Joe Gallagher has produced a comprehensive and yet workable black repertoire against all of White's most dangerous possibilities. *Written by a renowned King's Indian expert *Includes up-to-date theory on a fascinating opening *Covers all of White's replies
Download or read book Bologan s King s Indian written by Victor Bologan and published by New In Chess. This book was released on 2017-05-09 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The King’s Indian Defence is arguably the most ambitious and exciting way to play against 1.d4. Black wants to start an early attack on his opponent’s king, relying on the dynamic potential of his position. The KID has been a favourite of legendary attacking players such as Mikhail Tal, Bobby Fischer and Garry Kasparov, and remains highly popular at club level. Respected Grandmaster and acknowledged chess opening expert Victor Bologan presents a complete King’s Indian repertoire for Black that is much more than just a lucidly explained and very playable set of responses. In many lines he presents two options to handle the Black position. Bologan’s explanations are accessible for a wide range of players and he provides the reader with a thorough grounding in the strategic and tactical motifs. White players can benefit from this book as well, since he looks at things from both sides. During his research, Bologan has found many new ideas and resources. With this book under your belt you can go to your next tournament with confidence. You will win many exciting games with Bologan’s King’s Indian!
Download or read book King s Indian Warfare written by Ilya Smirin and published by Quality Chess. This book was released on 2016-10-05 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: King's Indian Warfare is a practical guide to the most dynamic and ambitious defense against 1.d4. Learn to play the King's Indian like a world-class attacker from a life-long expert. Inside Smirin annotates his best games in the King's Indian, explaining his successes, including his mini-match of four games over a decade against former World Champion Vladimir Kramnik, which Smirin won 21/2-11/2. From sacrificial feasts to positional masterclasses, this book has it all.
Download or read book The King s Indian according to Tigran Petrosian written by Igor Yanvarjov and published by SCB Distributors. This book was released on 2019-05-09 with total page 1025 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to Tiger’s Den! Tigran Petrosian, the ninth world chess champion, was one of the deepest thinkers the chess world has ever seen. His handling of complex strategic positions was legendary. Now, for the first time, Russian international master Igor Yanvarjov has put together a superb collection of virtually all the known games played by Petrosian – with both colors – in the King’s Indian Defense and other closely related Indian structures. The author’s objective was, first of all, to reveal the richness of Petrosian’s chess world and to follow the strategic development of the King’s Indian Defense through the prism of Petrosian’s creative work. He does this with the presentation of almost 300 deeply annotated, complete games. Contents include: Preface by Levon Aronian; Foreword by Igor Zaitsev; The Classical Variation; The Sämisch System ; The Fianchetto Variation; The Benoni; Other Systems; Portrait of a Chess Player; Lessons from Petrosian; The Problem of the Exchange; “Furman’s Bishop”; “Pawns are the soul of chess”; Playing by Analogy; Maneuvering Battle; Experiments; Realist or Romantic?; The King’s Indian with Colors – and Flanks – Reversed; Appendix; Index of Tabiyas; ECO/Opening/Tabiya Indexes. This splendid collection of annotated games will not only have enormous appeal to King’s Indian aficionados, but to all chessplayers who wish to expand their understanding of the strategic concepts underpinning the royal game as a whole.
Download or read book The King s Indian Attack written by Neil McDonald and published by Gloucester Publishers Plc. This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grandmaster Neil McDonald examines in depth the many variations of the King' s Indian Attack. He outlines White' s most promising options and Black' s best defences, and provides answers to all the key questions.
Download or read book The King s Indian written by Victor Viorel Bologan and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Beating the King s Indian and Grunfeld written by Timothy Taylor and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The King's Indian and the Grünfeld are two of Black's most popular answers to 1 d4; unsurprising given that they were long-time favourites of chess legends Garry Kasparov and, before him, Bobby Fischer. Brimming with complexity and dynamism, these two openings often leave those playing White scratching their heads wondering how to squeeze even the slightest of advantages out of the opening and, just as crucially, how to avoid becoming swamped in a morass of complicated theory.It's time for White to strike back! In this book, Timothy Taylor gets to grips with the King's Indian and Grünfeld, providing White with a number of easy-to-learn and effective weapons which are specially designed to cause Black maximum discomfort. Taylor examines the typical tactical and positional ideas for both players, highlighting the tricks and pitfalls one must look out for. A study of this book will allow the reader to battle against the King's Indian and the Grünfeld with renewed confidence.*Written by a renowned openings expert *Weapons against two of Black's most popular defences*Ideal for club and tournament playersInternational Master Timothy Taylor is an experienced tournament player who has enjoyed several notable successes, including winning the US Open. He is also a skilled chess writer, one of his previous books, How to Defeat the Smith-Morra Gambit, becoming a US Chess Federation bestseller. This is his second book for Everyman Chess; his first was Bird's Opening.Outside of chess, he is the author of two published novels, Elaine the Fair and Amanda, while he directed the film Wicked Pursuits.
Download or read book Opening Simulator King s Indian Defence written by Esben Lund and published by Quality Chess. This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The King's Indian Defence is a popular chess opening at all levels. Fischer and Kasparov are just two World Champions who played it successfully. Opening Simulator is an innovative approach to studying the opening, based on the Deliberate Practice concept. The authors offer a 'read, solve and play' approach, designed to replicate a real game. A thorough Introduction discusses the main variations, pawn structures and themes, and is followed by 400 carefully chosen exercises.
Download or read book Understanding the Sicilian written by Mikhail Golubev and published by Gambit Publications. This book was released on 2017-06 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Attacking Chess written by David Vigorito and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: " ... Volume 2 deals with the Four Pawns Attack, the Fianchetto Variation, the Averbakh Variation amd many other lines."--Back cover.
Download or read book The Ultimate King s Indian Attack written by Angus Dunnington and published by B.T. Batsford. This book was released on 1998 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The King's Indian Attack is recommended by chess trainer Mark Dvoretsky as a good basis for building an opening repertoire. This opening should be ideal for players who want to master a system based on thematic ideas.
Download or read book The Main Line King s Indian written by John Nunn and published by . This book was released on 1996-01 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A very popular chess opening, the King's Indian offers Black the opportunity to win dramatically. This guide - aimed at club and tournament players - emphasizes winning strategies for both Black and White, and features, among others, the Petrosian System and the long main lines of the Classical.
Download or read book The Samisch King s Indian Uncovered written by Alexander Cherniaev and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Sämisch King's Indian continues to be one of the fiercely contested openings in chess. In this book, opening expert John-Paul Wallace presents an up-to-date study of the Sämisch and its many offshoots. Using illustrative games, he looks at the traditional main lines, the trendy alternatives and the tricky sidelines, while outlining the typical tactical and positional ideas for both White and Black.
