Secrets of Opening Surprises brings you a wide variety of unusual opening ideas. They may seem outrageous at first sight, but have proven to be perfectly playable.
An SOS deviates very early from the regular lines in a mainstream opening, usually even before move six! That is why it is so easy to actually bring the variation on the board. You will baffle your opponent without having studied large quantities of stuffy theory.
Content
009 1 Jeroen Bosch The SOS Files
017 2 Ruben Felgaer Meeting the Caro-Kann with 2.Ne2
029 3 Dimitri Reinderman The Meszaros Variation of the Sicilian
039 4 Jeroen Bosch SOS versus Anti-Berlin
044 5 Alexander Finkel SOS versus the Paulsen
050 6 Maze & Cornette Nimzo-Indian with 6...Qe8!?
063 7 Arthur Kogan The Budapest Gambit Can Still Surprise!
072 8 Jeroen Bosch French Prophylaxis
081 9 Adrian Mikhalchishin Caro-Kann: Dementiev Variation
085 10 Dimitri Reinderman The Porcupine Variation
091 11 Jeroen Bosch Gajewski's Incredible Spanish Novelty
097 12 Arthur Kogan Play the Spielmann Attack
107 13 Alexander Finkel An Old Idea in the Modern Defence
113 14 Jeroen Bosch A Modest Indian
117 15 Igor Glek A 19th Century Weapon versus the French
124 16 Leonid Gofshtein A Dynamic Ruy Lopez Surprise
134 17 Dorian Rogozenko Kamsky's 'Spare' Slav
143 18 Who is Who? Authors and their Subjects
An SOS deviates very early from the regular lines in a mainstream opening, usually even before move six! That is why it is so easy to actually bring the variation on the board. You will baffle your opponent without having studied large quantities of stuffy theory.
Content
009 1 Jeroen Bosch The SOS Files
017 2 Ruben Felgaer Meeting the Caro-Kann with 2.Ne2
029 3 Dimitri Reinderman The Meszaros Variation of the Sicilian
039 4 Jeroen Bosch SOS versus Anti-Berlin
044 5 Alexander Finkel SOS versus the Paulsen
050 6 Maze & Cornette Nimzo-Indian with 6...Qe8!?
063 7 Arthur Kogan The Budapest Gambit Can Still Surprise!
072 8 Jeroen Bosch French Prophylaxis
081 9 Adrian Mikhalchishin Caro-Kann: Dementiev Variation
085 10 Dimitri Reinderman The Porcupine Variation
091 11 Jeroen Bosch Gajewski's Incredible Spanish Novelty
097 12 Arthur Kogan Play the Spielmann Attack
107 13 Alexander Finkel An Old Idea in the Modern Defence
113 14 Jeroen Bosch A Modest Indian
117 15 Igor Glek A 19th Century Weapon versus the French
124 16 Leonid Gofshtein A Dynamic Ruy Lopez Surprise
134 17 Dorian Rogozenko Kamsky's 'Spare' Slav
143 18 Who is Who? Authors and their Subjects