The Ruy Lopez is a hugely popular opening, and anyone who plays 1 e4 e5 as Black needs to have a reliable answer ready. This book provides a solution.
Drawing upon his years of experience facing the Lopez, Grandmaster Milos Pavlovic devises a sound yet ambitious repertoire for Black based on the legendary Marshall Attack. The Marshall is a perfect counter-attacking weapon, as it avoids passive positions and the so-called 'Spanish torture'. Furthermore, Black's tactical and positional goals are usually clear-cut and often involve a direct attack against White's king. The effectiveness of the Marshall is clear if you consider that the last two world champions have both suffered crushing defeats on the white side (Kramnik vs Leko, Brissago 2004; Anand vs Aronian, Morelia 2008) whilst Garry Kasparov always avoided it with White.
Content
005 Preface
007 Introduction: The Ideas Behind the Marshall Attack
Part One: Gambit Lines
015 1 - The Main Line
026 2 - The Modern Rook Shuffle: 15 Re4
040 3 - The Mysterious Retreat: 13 Re2
045 4 - The Kevitz Variation: 12 Bxd5 cxd5 13 d4
049 5 - The Dangerous 12 d3
064 6 - The Tricky 12 g3
069 7 - Declining the Marshall
Part Two: Anti-Marshall Lines
075 8 - The 8 h3 Anti-Marshall
096 9 - The 8 a4 Anti-Marshall
107 10 - The 8 d4 Anti-Marshall
119 11 - The Steinitz Variation: 8 d3
Part Three: Other Lines
130 12 - The Worrall Attack
137 13 - The Delayed Exchange Variation
144 14 - Early d4 and Nc3 Variations
156 15 - The Exchange Variation
168 Index of Variations
Drawing upon his years of experience facing the Lopez, Grandmaster Milos Pavlovic devises a sound yet ambitious repertoire for Black based on the legendary Marshall Attack. The Marshall is a perfect counter-attacking weapon, as it avoids passive positions and the so-called 'Spanish torture'. Furthermore, Black's tactical and positional goals are usually clear-cut and often involve a direct attack against White's king. The effectiveness of the Marshall is clear if you consider that the last two world champions have both suffered crushing defeats on the white side (Kramnik vs Leko, Brissago 2004; Anand vs Aronian, Morelia 2008) whilst Garry Kasparov always avoided it with White.
- A Grandmaster's repertoire against the Ruy Lopez
- Highlights the typical plans for both sides
- Full of original ideas and analysis
Content
005 Preface
007 Introduction: The Ideas Behind the Marshall Attack
Part One: Gambit Lines
015 1 - The Main Line
026 2 - The Modern Rook Shuffle: 15 Re4
040 3 - The Mysterious Retreat: 13 Re2
045 4 - The Kevitz Variation: 12 Bxd5 cxd5 13 d4
049 5 - The Dangerous 12 d3
064 6 - The Tricky 12 g3
069 7 - Declining the Marshall
Part Two: Anti-Marshall Lines
075 8 - The 8 h3 Anti-Marshall
096 9 - The 8 a4 Anti-Marshall
107 10 - The 8 d4 Anti-Marshall
119 11 - The Steinitz Variation: 8 d3
Part Three: Other Lines
130 12 - The Worrall Attack
137 13 - The Delayed Exchange Variation
144 14 - Early d4 and Nc3 Variations
156 15 - The Exchange Variation
168 Index of Variations