Are you bored of playing the same old openings time and time again? Fed up with constantly having to keep up with modern chess theory? Or perhaps you simply wish to play something new and exciting, but cannot decide between the numerous options available? Don't despair - help is on hand!
In Dangerous Weapons: The Queen's Gambit opening experts Richard Palliser, Glenn Flear and Chris Ward team up to investigate one of the most popular openings in chess history, but in a revolutionary way. They concentrate on little-explored and fun-to-play variations of the Queen's Gambit, 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!
Dangerous Weapons is an exciting series of opening books which supply the reader with an abundance of hard-hitting ideas to revitalize his or her opening repertoire. Many of the carefully chosen weapons are innovative, visually shocking, incredibly tricky, or have been unfairly discarded; they are guaranteed to throw even your most experienced opponent off balance.
Content
005 Preface
006 Series Introduction
009 1 Playing ...b5 with Confidence
(1 d4 d5 2 c4 dxc4 3 e4 b5)
031 2 Having Fun Against the ...a6 Slav
(1 d4 d5 2c4 c6 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 Nc3 a6 5 c5 Nbd7 6 Bf4 Nh5 7 Bg5)
045 3 Exciting Byways in the Main Line Slav: Part One
(1 d4 d5 2c4 c6 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 Nc3 dxc4 5 a4 Bf5 6 Ne5 e6 7 f3)
060 4 Exciting Byways in the Main Line Slav: Part Two
(1 d4 d5 2c4 c6 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 Nc3 dxc4 5 a4 Bf5 6 Ne5 Nbd7 7 Nxc4)
078 5 The a-pawn Cramp
(1 d4 d5 2c4 c6 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 Nc3 dxc4 5 a4 Bf5 6 e3 e6 7 a5)
095 6 The Hodgson-Smallbone Variation
(1 d4 d5 2c4 c6 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 Nc3 dxc4 5 a4 Bg4 6 Ne5 Nbd7)
115 7 The a-pawn Abstention
(1 d4 d5 2c4c6 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 Nc3 e6 5 Bg5 dxc4 6 e4 b5 7 e5 h6
8 Bh4 25 9 exf6 gxh4 10 Ne5 Qxf6 11 g3)
135 8 Going Long in the Moscow
(1 d4 d5 2c4 c6 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 Nc3 e6 5 Bg5 h6 6 Bxf6 Qxf6
7 Qb3 dxc4 8 Qxc4 Nd7 9 0-0-0)
152 9 Livening up the Exchange Variation: Part One
(1 d4 d5 2c4 e6 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 cxd5 exd5 5 Bg5 Be7 6 e3 c6 7 Bd3 Bg4)
164 10 Livening up the Exchange Variation: Part Two
(1 d4 d5 2c4 e6 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 cxd5 exd5 5 Bg5 Bb4)
175 11 Shocking the OGD
(1 d4 d5 2c4 e6 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 Nf3 Be7 5 g4)
186 12 The Anti-Vienna Gambit
(1 d4 d5 2c4 e6 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 Nf3 dxc4 5 e4 Bb4 6 Bxc4)
207 13 Tricking the Tarrasch
(1 d4 d5 2c4 e6 3 Nc3 c5 4 cxd5 exd5 5 Nf3 Nc6 6 Bf4)
225 14 Taking the Fun out of the Albin and Chigorin
(1 d4 d5 2c4 e5 3 dxe5 d4 4 a3 Nc6 5 e3)
In Dangerous Weapons: The Queen's Gambit opening experts Richard Palliser, Glenn Flear and Chris Ward team up to investigate one of the most popular openings in chess history, but in a revolutionary way. They concentrate on little-explored and fun-to-play variations of the Queen's Gambit, 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!
Dangerous Weapons is an exciting series of opening books which supply the reader with an abundance of hard-hitting ideas to revitalize his or her opening repertoire. Many of the carefully chosen weapons are innovative, visually shocking, incredibly tricky, or have been unfairly discarded; they are guaranteed to throw even your most experienced opponent off balance.
- The Queen's Gambit in a completely new light
- Packed with original ideas and analyses
- A large array of weapons to shock your opponents
Content
005 Preface
006 Series Introduction
009 1 Playing ...b5 with Confidence
(1 d4 d5 2 c4 dxc4 3 e4 b5)
031 2 Having Fun Against the ...a6 Slav
(1 d4 d5 2c4 c6 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 Nc3 a6 5 c5 Nbd7 6 Bf4 Nh5 7 Bg5)
045 3 Exciting Byways in the Main Line Slav: Part One
(1 d4 d5 2c4 c6 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 Nc3 dxc4 5 a4 Bf5 6 Ne5 e6 7 f3)
060 4 Exciting Byways in the Main Line Slav: Part Two
(1 d4 d5 2c4 c6 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 Nc3 dxc4 5 a4 Bf5 6 Ne5 Nbd7 7 Nxc4)
078 5 The a-pawn Cramp
(1 d4 d5 2c4 c6 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 Nc3 dxc4 5 a4 Bf5 6 e3 e6 7 a5)
095 6 The Hodgson-Smallbone Variation
(1 d4 d5 2c4 c6 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 Nc3 dxc4 5 a4 Bg4 6 Ne5 Nbd7)
115 7 The a-pawn Abstention
(1 d4 d5 2c4c6 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 Nc3 e6 5 Bg5 dxc4 6 e4 b5 7 e5 h6
8 Bh4 25 9 exf6 gxh4 10 Ne5 Qxf6 11 g3)
135 8 Going Long in the Moscow
(1 d4 d5 2c4 c6 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 Nc3 e6 5 Bg5 h6 6 Bxf6 Qxf6
7 Qb3 dxc4 8 Qxc4 Nd7 9 0-0-0)
152 9 Livening up the Exchange Variation: Part One
(1 d4 d5 2c4 e6 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 cxd5 exd5 5 Bg5 Be7 6 e3 c6 7 Bd3 Bg4)
164 10 Livening up the Exchange Variation: Part Two
(1 d4 d5 2c4 e6 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 cxd5 exd5 5 Bg5 Bb4)
175 11 Shocking the OGD
(1 d4 d5 2c4 e6 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 Nf3 Be7 5 g4)
186 12 The Anti-Vienna Gambit
(1 d4 d5 2c4 e6 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 Nf3 dxc4 5 e4 Bb4 6 Bxc4)
207 13 Tricking the Tarrasch
(1 d4 d5 2c4 e6 3 Nc3 c5 4 cxd5 exd5 5 Nf3 Nc6 6 Bf4)
225 14 Taking the Fun out of the Albin and Chigorin
(1 d4 d5 2c4 e5 3 dxe5 d4 4 a3 Nc6 5 e3)