Author : Nick De Firmian
Publisher : Crown
Page : 756 pages
File Size : 50,22 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN :
This fully revised and updated book is a comprehensive examination of all chess openings relevant in today's chess-playing world -- from the classic gambits to the newest innovations -- with up-to-the-minute evaluations of all known variations.
Author : Eric Schiller
Publisher : Cardoza Publishing
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 14,90 MB
Release :
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 1580425356
Based on the powerful Caro-Kann, a favorite weapon of great players, you'll learn how to come right out of the gate and defend against 1.d4, the most popular first move in chess. This is a great beginners book because readers need to learn just one strong opening system, and it can be used to combat all of Whites 1.d4 openings. You'll learn every option and strategy White can throw on the board, the correct plan to combat them all, and how to seize the initiative and take control of the game. Up-to-date analysis includes examples from world-class games. Includes more than 350 diagrams and clear explanations. 300 pages
Author : John Emms
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 16,34 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9781857445428
In Dangerous Weapons: 1 e4 e5, renowned opening experts John Emms, Glenn Flear and Andrew Greet take a revolutionary look at one of the most famous and widely-played chess openings. Instead of travelling down well-trodden and analysed paths, the authors concentrate on fresh or little-explored variations, selecting a wealth of 'dangerous' options for both colours. Whether playing White or Black, a study of this book will leave you confident and fully-armed, and your opponents running for cover!
Author : Christof Sielecki Christof Sielecki
Publisher : New In Chess
Page : 677 pages
File Size : 33,99 MB
Release : 2018-12-15
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9056918060
Why is this repertoire called simple? For the simple reason that the variations are straightforward, easy to remember and require little or no maintenance. International Master Christof Sielecki has created a reliable set of lines for chess players of almost all levels. The major objective is to dominate Black in the opening, by simple means. You don’t need to sacrifice anything or memorize long tactical lines. Unless Black plays something stupid, when tactics are the simplest punishment. Sielecki developed this repertoire working with students who were looking for something that was easy to understand and to learn. Most of the lines he selected are occasionally played by grandmasters, but on the whole they lie outside the mainstream of opening theory. That means that there is hardly any need to monitor theoretical developments. Sielecki always clearly explains the plans and counterplans and keeps you focussed on what the position requires. Ambitious players rated 1500 or higher will get great value out of studying this extremely accessible book.
Author : John Emms
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 29,47 MB
Release : 2018
Category : Chess
ISBN : 9781781944134
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.
Author : Neil McDonald
Publisher : Gloucester Publishers Plc
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 20,12 MB
Release : 2014
Category : Chess
ISBN : 9781857449884
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.
Author : Richard Palliser
Publisher : Everyman Chess
Page : 1200 pages
File Size : 24,12 MB
Release :
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 1781946094
Are you bored with playing it safe in the opening? Had enough of developing your pieces sensibly, aiming to control the centre and getting your king castled? Do you yearn to tear the opposition apart in the style of the great 19th century masters? Then Grandmaster Gambits 1 e4 is the book for you! The highly successful writing duo of Richard Palliser and Simon (GingerGM) Williams have teamed up again to create a repertoire based on jettisoning a pawn (and often a whole lot more) very early on. Whatever opening your opponent favours against 1 e4, the authors have a dynamic gambiteering counter which will throw them onto their own resources. The Sicilian Defence? Attack it with the Wing Gambit. 1...e5? Tear Black apart with the Max Lange Attack. The French? Suffocate Black with the Advance Variation including Magnus Carlsen’s souped-up version of the Milner-Barry Gambit. The Caro-Kann? Play the Hillbilly Attack with 2 Bc4! Your opponent might laugh but they won’t be laughing when you crash through on f7. Forget about playing “properly” in the opening. Open 1 e4, play the Grandmaster Gambits and rip your unprepared opponents apart!
Author : Frisco Del Rosario
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 30,8 MB
Release : 2010-10-16
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9781936277025
Jose Raul Capablanca is renowned for his exquisite positional play and flawless endgame technique. But The Chess Machine was also a master of that other way to deliver mate: the attack on the enemy king.In this groundbreaking work, award-winning chess coach and author Frisco Del Rosario shines a long-overdue light on this neglected aspect of Capablanca's record. He illustrates how the Cuban genius used positional concepts to build up irresistible king hunts, embodying the principles of good play advocated by the unequaled teacher, C.J.S. Purdy. The author also identifies an overlooked checkmate pattern - Capablanca's Mate - that aspiring attackers can add to the standard catalogue in Renaud and Kahn's The Art of the Checkmate. As Del Rosario shows, Capablanca has inspired not only generations of players, but also many of the classics of chess literature.Easy to read but chock-full of advice for study and practical play, Capablanca: A Primer of Checkmate fills a gaping hole in our understanding of the third World Champion.
Author : Pete Tamburro
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 33,75 MB
Release : 2014-06-07
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9781936277506
Learning how to start a game of chess is one of the most daunting tasks facing intermediate adult and young chess players. Award-winning chess teacher and championship scholastic coach Pete Tamburro offers practical guidance for avoiding common pitfalls at the chessboard, as well as effective strategies for meeting troublesome openings and a choice of openings reflecting his focus on ideas over memorization.
Author : Mihail Marin
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,94 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Chess
ISBN : 9789197600507
Chess Grandmaster Mihail Marin provides a repertoire for players with the black pieces based on the respected Spanish Opening, or the Ruy Lopez as it is sometimes called. Marin provides all the answers for Black after the opening moves 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4. This depth of chess expertise has rarely been published for a mass audience before, as grandmasters usually prefer to keep their secrets to themselves. The complexity of the material could have been daunting, but Marin is also a master of explaining profound ideas to a wide audience.
