Download or read book Offbeat Nimzo Indian written by Chris Ward and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Nimzo-Indian Defence continues to be one of Black's most reliable ways of meeting the queen's pawn opening. It's popular at all levels of chess and a constant source of anxiety for White players. How can White find a worthwhile line against this incredibly firm defense? How can White set his Nimzo opponent difficult tasks from the outset? Perhaps it's time to look somewhere different from the well-trodden main lines. In this book Grandmaster and renowned openings expert Chris Ward investigates unusual white tries, including three uncompromising and underrated ways of battling against the Nimzo: the Samisch, the Leningrad and the 4 f3 variation. Each line is ideal for putting your opponent under immediate pressure from the start of the game. By studying the various strategies and tactics in these variations, White players can confidently arm themselves with three new menacing lines against the Nimzo, while Black players must again search carefully for antidotes! *All the principal lines are covered *Written by a renowned Nimzo-Indian expert *Explains the basic elements, strategies and tactics for both sides *Ideal for club and tournament players"
Download or read book A Complete Opening Repertoire for Black After 1 D4 Nf6 2 C4 E6 written by Swiercz and published by Complete Opening Repertoire. This book was released on 2023-08-22 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For many chess-players, opening study is pure hard work. It is difficult to know what is important and what is not, and when specific knowledge is vital, or when a more general understanding is sufficient. Tragically once the opening is over, a player is puzzled what plan to follow, or even understand why his pieces are on the squares on which they sit. Our author GM Dariusz Swiercz, continued in the second Volume of his series, and explains in a methodological way how to solve these issues when White proceeds with 3.Nf3 and g3. He picked some aggressive options with the Ragozin and brings the ever popular Catalan to a stand still. Any chess player being Black would be much interested to find out how Dariusz decided on his final choices. We are convinced you won't be disappointed with his second and final volume of this series.
Download or read book Starting Out written by Chris Ward and published by . This book was released on 2005-03-01 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Endgames with kings, rooks and pawns are by far the most common type - it is estimated that rook endgames are reached in nearly one in five of all chess games. It's clear that a firm understanding of them is required in order to become self-assured in this typical phase of the game. And yet it is exactly this area in which many players drop precious points or half-points through a lack of either technique or understanding. In this easy-to-read guide, Grandmaster and well-known endgames expert Chris Ward begins with the absolute fundamentals of rook endgames. He gradually arms the reader with the indispensable knowledge and confidence needed to move onto slightly trickier positions. Using examples from practical play, Ward highlights the correct plans as well as the typical mistakes made by both attacker and defender. As is commonplace with the renowned Starting Out series, there are an abundance of notes, tips and warnings throughout the book to help the improving player. Starting Out: Rook Endgames is perfect for those who have previously honed their chess skills with the earlier books Starting Out in Chess, Tips for Young Players and Improve Your Endgame Play. *Covers all crucial rook endings *Easy step-by-step guide to better endgame play *Ideal for the improving player *User-friendly layout to help readers absorb the key ideas
Download or read book The Queen s Indian written by Peter Wells and published by Gambit Publications. This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chess Explained is a new series of books about chess openings. They are not theoretical works in the traditional sense, but more a series of lessons from a chess expert with extensive over-the-board experience with an opening. You will gain an understanding of the opening and the middlegames to which it leads, enabling you to find the right moves and plans in your own games. It is as if you were sitting at the board with a chess coach answering your questions about the plans for both sides, the ideas behind particular moves, and what specific knowledge you need to have. The Queen's Indian is an important and popular opening at all levels of play. Black's flexible stance allows him to choose between a range of solid and dynamic structures. In turn, White can play flexibly, opposing Black's fianchetto, or can try to force the pace in the centre and start a hand-to-hand fight. It is an opening rich in nuances, and many of the modern main lines involve moves that look extravagant, but are backed up by a deep underlying logic.
Download or read book Chess Life written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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 Gambit Guide to the Bogo Indian written by Steffen Pedersen and published by Gambit Publications. This book was released on 1998 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by one of the world's leading experts in the Bogo-Indian Defense, this book uses Gambit Quick Summaries and reference sections to present this important chess opening.
Download or read book Play the 4 F3 Nimzo Indian written by Yuri Yakovich and published by Gambit Publications. This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gambit Chess: books for chess enthusiasts The most aggressive response to the Nimzo An ideal weapon for club-players The 4 f3 Nimzo variation is making a strong comeback, as it results in sharp, forcing play of a type that is rare in the early stages of most Nimzo-Indians. The Nimzo-Indian is an extremely popular and reliable defence, upon which most world champions have relied at some point in their careers. Black controls the vital e4-square with his pieces, and retains total flexibility with his central pawns. By playing 4 f3, White challenges Black's idea head-on. Russian GM Yakovich, intimately familiar with the opening, provides the necessary details for White to steam-roller his opponent. Essential reading for players of the black pieces too!
Download or read book The Nimzo Indian written by John Emms and published by Gloucester Publishers Plc. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grandmaster John Emms revisits the Nimzo-Indian, his favourite opening for over 30 years. He shares his experience and knowledge, and continually challenges the reader to answer probing questions, thereby encouraging the learning and practising of vital opening skills.
Download or read book Winning Chess Middlegames written by Ivan Sokolov and published by New In Chess. This book was released on 2017-11-13 with total page 513 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: AWARDS: Shortlisted for the Guardian Chess Book of the Year Award Runner-up for the English Chess Federation 2009 Book of the Year Award CHESS Magazine: Best Books of 2009 Back in Print! Ever wondered why grandmasters take only seconds to see what’s really going on in a chess position? It’s all about structures, as Grandmaster Ivan Sokolov explains in this groundbreaking book. ‘Winning Chess Middlegames’ addresses the often ignored but extremely important topic of pawn structures, divided into four main types: doubled pawns, isolated pawns, hanging pawns and pawn majorities. With its highly accessible verbal explanations and deep analyses of top-level games, this book helps you to solve the basic problems of the middlegame: space, tension and initiative. Club players studying this book will:greatly enhance their middlegame skills, develop an accurate feeling as to which particular positions suit their style and acquire new strategic and practical opening knowledge. Ivan Sokolov explains matters profoundly, honestly and objectively including lots of inside stories from top-level chess, neither sparing his colleague grandmasters nor himself in his comments. With a foreword by British Grandmaster Michael Adams.
Download or read book Beating Unusual Chess Openings written by Richard Palliser and published by Gloucester Publishers Plc. This book was released on 2000-09-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Dealing with the English, R'eti, King's Indian Attack and other annoying systems"..cover.
Download or read book The Kaufman Repertoire for Black and White written by Larry Kaufman and published by New In Chess,Csi. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every competitive chess player needs to decide which openings he wants to play. Selecting a set of moves to employ, with either white or black, against each likely countermove by your opponent is a daunting challenge that takes a lot of time and effort. Grandmaster and former senior world champion Larry Kaufman provides a ready-to-go repertoire for both colors that is based not on what on what is objectively 'best' (meaning the most popular in recent grandmaster play), but on what is easy to digest for amateurs. Kaufman has selected a range of sound lines that do not outdate rapidly, do not require the memorization of lots of theory and can be played with confidence. The recommended openings are not razor-sharp but contain enough venom for the white side to strive for a clear advantage and for sufficient counter-chances on the black side. Kaufman presents his material with a good balance between narrative and variations and also provides common-sense guidance on how to evaluate positions. This manual, a completely revised and updated edition of 'The Chess Advantage in Black and White', provides a practical and reliable chess opening repertoire for a broad audience.
Download or read book Controversial Samisch King s Indian written by Chris Ward and published by B. T. Batsford Limited. This book was released on 2004-09-01 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For players eaer to develop their understanding of a fascinating opening, grand master Chris Ward presents an innovative and enlightening study of the popular Samisch King’s Indian strategy. Ward analyzes the Samisch’s transformation over time and offers unique insight into the system’s subtleties. Not only does he reflect on his own experiences, he observes why such modern greats as Karpov, Kasparov, and Kramnik have chosen to use the characteristically aggressive f5 fe. Chess mavens will get practical information on how to further their preparations, and they’ll want to take full advantage of the pointers on previously discarded lines that deserve revisiting.
Download or read book Dealing with D4 Deviations written by John Cox and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reveals everything Black players need to know about all of White's offbeat tries, presenting Black with no-nonsense answers to every white option. Read this book and you will be armed to deal with anything that White can throw at you. It is useful for club and tournament players.
Download or read book The Modernized Nimzo Queen s Gambit Declined Systems written by Milos Pavlovic and published by Thinkers Publishing. This book was released on 2018-03-28 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Nimzo-Indian and Queen's Gambit Declined are amongst black's soundest and most universal answers to 1.d4. In his trademark style, Milos investigates the most positional ways to proceed after 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6. He analyses all the critical lines whilst also taking a close look at all the sidelines and gives Black many new possibilities to spice up the game. We are convinced that this book will bring you inspirational games and results.
Download or read book Opening Repertoire written by Christof Sielecki and published by . This book was released on 2015-06-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Title page verso lists the actual publisher: Gloucester Publishers Limited.
Download or read book Unconventional Approaches to Modern Chess Volume 1 written by Alexander Ipatov and published by Unconventional Approaches to M. This book was released on 2019-04-28 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this highly original book, Grandmaster Ipatov shares the chess philosophy that helped him become a top chess grandmaster. Contrary to the generally accepted norms that permeate the modern chess world, he argues that spending most of one's training time on studying opening theory and memorizing trending lines until move 30 is wrong. However, this is exactly how most beginners start learning chess nowadays. Some strong grandmasters also fall into this trap when they prioritize opening theory amongst other aspects of the game. This often leads to fundamental gaps in one's chess understanding which is really hard to fix, especially for young players. Ipatov's ideology lies in that one should work on enhancing his general chess understanding and take on a surprise-first approach when it comes to playing openings in order to avoid opponents' preparation in the mainstream theory and take them out of book in the early stage of the game. Most of the book is comprised of Alexander Ipatov's original analyses covering a variety of offbeat opening lines from both White and Black's perspective. His recent match against the 2018 US Chess Champion Sam Shankland, where Ipatov implemented a novelty on move two - something unheard of in the modern era with millions of games being played to date - serves as a good illustration that the philosophy deserves more attention and research than it currently has. This book serves to fill in this gap and welcome more debate on the subject.
