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- Mastering The Chess Openings Vol. 2
Mastering The Chess Openings Vol. 2
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- Watson J.
- Gambit
- 320 blz.
- Engels
- 2007
For most chess-players, opening study is sheer hard work. It is hard to know what is important and what is not, and when specific knowledge is vital, or when a more general understanding is sufficient. Tragically often, once the opening is over, a player won't know what plan to follow, or even understand why his pieces are on the squares on which they sit. John Watson seeks to help chess-players achieve a more holistic and insightful view of the openings. In his previous books on chess strategy, he explained vital concepts that had previously been the domain only of top-class players. Here he does likewise for the openings, explaining how flexible thinking and notions such as 'rule-independence' can apply to the opening too. Watson presents a wide-ranging view of the way in which top-class players really handle the opening, rather than an idealized and simplified model.
This volume, focusing on queen's pawn openings, is a book that will make chess-players think hard about how they begin their games. It also offers both entertainment and challenging study material in openings such as the Nimzo-Indian, King's Indian and the entire Queen's Gambit complex.
International Master John Watson is one of the world's most respected writers on chess. His groundbreaking four-volume work on the English firmly established his reputation in the 1980s, and he has produced a string of top-quality works since. In 1999, Secrets of Modern Chess Strategy, Watson's first book for Gambit, won the British Chess Federation Book of the Year Award and the United States Chess Federation Fred Cramer Award for Best Book. His pupils include the 1997 World Junior Champion, Tal Shaked.
Content
005 Symbols
06 Bibliography
008 Introduction
Section 1: Closed Games
009 1 Introduction to 1 d4 and the Closed Games
011 2 Queen's Gambit Declined
012 Declining the Gambit: Other 2nd Moves
023 Early Commitment
025 Classical Variations
025Lasker Defence
029Orthodox/Capablanca Defence
035Tartakower Variation
042Alatortsev Variation
046 Exchange Variation
053Carlsbad Variation
061Modern Exchange
066 Move-Orders in the Queen's Gambit Declined
070 3 Slav and Semi-Slav
074 Slav Main Line
076Dutch Variation: 6 e3
086Modern Line with 6 Ne5
094 Exchange Slav
097 Semi-Slav
102The Meran
110Anti-Meran (6 Qc2)
Section 2: Indian Systems
114 4 Introduction to the Indian Defences
116 5 Nimzo-Indian Defence
118 Sämisch and Related Lines
120Lines with ...d6 and ...e5
122Lines with ...d5 and the Botvinnik Approach
131Sämisch Main Line with ...c5 and ...Ba6
135 4 e3 and the Hübner Variation
135Early Castling
1384...c5 and the Hübner Proper
143 Classical Nimzo-Indian: 4 Qc2
143Central Counter-Attack: 4...d5
154Classical with 4...0-0
1646 Queen's Indian Defence
164 Introduction to 3 Nf3
165 Fianchetto Variation
166The Classical 4...Bb7
169The Modern 4...Ba6
173 Petrosian System (4 a3)
183 7 King's Indian Defence
188 Four Pawns Attack
191Central Break
2016...Na6 vs the Four Pawns
204 Classical King's Indian
205Exchange Variation
208Strongpoint Variation
216 The Classical Main Line with 7...Nc6
2189 Ne1
2319 Nd2
236The Bayonet Variation
238 Averbakh Variation
240 Sämisch Variation
241Sämisch with ...e5
244Sämisch with ...c5
248 8 Griinfeld Defence
249 Exchange Variation
2497 Be3 with 8 Qd2
2537 Bc4 and the Classical Exchange
268Modern 7 Nf3 System
272Modern Main Line with Rb1
280 Russian System
290 9 Modern Benoni
294 Classical Main Line
301 Pawn-Storm Systems
302Mikenas Attack
303Taimanov Attack
309 Fianchetto System
316 Index of Players
319 Index of Openings
This volume, focusing on queen's pawn openings, is a book that will make chess-players think hard about how they begin their games. It also offers both entertainment and challenging study material in openings such as the Nimzo-Indian, King's Indian and the entire Queen's Gambit complex.
International Master John Watson is one of the world's most respected writers on chess. His groundbreaking four-volume work on the English firmly established his reputation in the 1980s, and he has produced a string of top-quality works since. In 1999, Secrets of Modern Chess Strategy, Watson's first book for Gambit, won the British Chess Federation Book of the Year Award and the United States Chess Federation Fred Cramer Award for Best Book. His pupils include the 1997 World Junior Champion, Tal Shaked.
Content
005 Symbols
06 Bibliography
008 Introduction
Section 1: Closed Games
009 1 Introduction to 1 d4 and the Closed Games
011 2 Queen's Gambit Declined
012 Declining the Gambit: Other 2nd Moves
023 Early Commitment
025 Classical Variations
025Lasker Defence
029Orthodox/Capablanca Defence
035Tartakower Variation
042Alatortsev Variation
046 Exchange Variation
053Carlsbad Variation
061Modern Exchange
066 Move-Orders in the Queen's Gambit Declined
070 3 Slav and Semi-Slav
074 Slav Main Line
076Dutch Variation: 6 e3
086Modern Line with 6 Ne5
094 Exchange Slav
097 Semi-Slav
102The Meran
110Anti-Meran (6 Qc2)
Section 2: Indian Systems
114 4 Introduction to the Indian Defences
116 5 Nimzo-Indian Defence
118 Sämisch and Related Lines
120Lines with ...d6 and ...e5
122Lines with ...d5 and the Botvinnik Approach
131Sämisch Main Line with ...c5 and ...Ba6
135 4 e3 and the Hübner Variation
135Early Castling
1384...c5 and the Hübner Proper
143 Classical Nimzo-Indian: 4 Qc2
143Central Counter-Attack: 4...d5
154Classical with 4...0-0
1646 Queen's Indian Defence
164 Introduction to 3 Nf3
165 Fianchetto Variation
166The Classical 4...Bb7
169The Modern 4...Ba6
173 Petrosian System (4 a3)
183 7 King's Indian Defence
188 Four Pawns Attack
191Central Break
2016...Na6 vs the Four Pawns
204 Classical King's Indian
205Exchange Variation
208Strongpoint Variation
216 The Classical Main Line with 7...Nc6
2189 Ne1
2319 Nd2
236The Bayonet Variation
238 Averbakh Variation
240 Sämisch Variation
241Sämisch with ...e5
244Sämisch with ...c5
248 8 Griinfeld Defence
249 Exchange Variation
2497 Be3 with 8 Qd2
2537 Bc4 and the Classical Exchange
268Modern 7 Nf3 System
272Modern Main Line with Rb1
280 Russian System
290 9 Modern Benoni
294 Classical Main Line
301 Pawn-Storm Systems
302Mikenas Attack
303Taimanov Attack
309 Fianchetto System
316 Index of Players
319 Index of Openings