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 2 (Master 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 Theoretically important games for independent analysis
013 1.1 Games by World Champions
023 1.2 Master games
055 2 Encyclopaedia
055 Table 1: 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5
064 Table 2: 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. a3!?
069 Table 3: 4. c3 Nc6
075 Table 4: 5. Nf3 Bd7
03 Table 5: 6. Be2 Nge7 7. Na3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nf5 9. Nc2
090 Table 6: 5. Nf3 Qb6
099 Table 7: 6. a3 Nh6 7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nf5
104 Table 8: 6. a3 c4
112 3 A summary of the 3. e5 system
116 4 Games for further study
119 5 The latest theoretical developments
133 Appendix
133 Index of themes
134 Index of names
136 Index of games
151 Index of variations
The present Volume 2 (Master Course) contains the following main chapters:
- 61 theoretically important games for independent analysis;
- Encyclopaedia of variations;
- Summary of the 3.e5 system;
- Games for further study;
- Latest theoretical developments.
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 Theoretically important games for independent analysis
013 1.1 Games by World Champions
023 1.2 Master games
055 2 Encyclopaedia
055 Table 1: 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5
064 Table 2: 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. a3!?
069 Table 3: 4. c3 Nc6
075 Table 4: 5. Nf3 Bd7
03 Table 5: 6. Be2 Nge7 7. Na3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nf5 9. Nc2
090 Table 6: 5. Nf3 Qb6
099 Table 7: 6. a3 Nh6 7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nf5
104 Table 8: 6. a3 c4
112 3 A summary of the 3. e5 system
116 4 Games for further study
119 5 The latest theoretical developments
133 Appendix
133 Index of themes
134 Index of names
136 Index of games
151 Index of variations