The well-known grandmaster and theoretician Evgeny Sveshnikov has used the Closed Variation (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5) more than 150 times in tournament play with a score of more than 70%. Many theoretically important games have been excluded by the author from 'official' chess databases, and here they are exclusively published for the first time.
The present Volume 1 (Basic Course) contains the following main chapters:
This two-volume work is intended for a broad range of chess enthusiasts. The author guarantees that anyone making a thorough study of the available material can expect an improvement in his playing strength in this system of approximately 200 Elo points.
Content
006 Foreword by Anatoly Karpov
008 Introduction
010 Symbols
011 1 For and against 3. e5
024 2 The plans for each side, linked to the pawn structure
025 2.1 Attack on the king
042 2.2 Advantage in space and/or development, typical endgame
068 2.3 For and against the blockade, weak colour complex
082 2.4 Play on both wings
108 3 The many facets of the blockade
108 3.1 Aaron Nimzowitsch: theoretician, practical player and romantic
111 3.2 The classical blockade
119 3.3 The modern view of Nimzowitsch's theory
134 4 What would you play?
146 Check your solutions!
157 Appendix
157 Index of themes
158 Index of names
160 Index of games
175 Index of variations
The present Volume 1 (Basic Course) contains the following main chapters:
- Historical overview of the Closed Variation;
- Plans for White and Black on the basis of thoroughly annotated games;
- A lesson on the blockade;
- 70 test positions: what would you play?
This two-volume work is intended for a broad range of chess enthusiasts. The author guarantees that anyone making a thorough study of the available material can expect an improvement in his playing strength in this system of approximately 200 Elo points.
Content
006 Foreword by Anatoly Karpov
008 Introduction
010 Symbols
011 1 For and against 3. e5
024 2 The plans for each side, linked to the pawn structure
025 2.1 Attack on the king
042 2.2 Advantage in space and/or development, typical endgame
068 2.3 For and against the blockade, weak colour complex
082 2.4 Play on both wings
108 3 The many facets of the blockade
108 3.1 Aaron Nimzowitsch: theoretician, practical player and romantic
111 3.2 The classical blockade
119 3.3 The modern view of Nimzowitsch's theory
134 4 What would you play?
146 Check your solutions!
157 Appendix
157 Index of themes
158 Index of names
160 Index of games
175 Index of variations