A good opening repertoire need not require an enormous amount of study to be highly effective. A cunning choice of lines and move-orders can steer the game to positions that we like and deny the opponent his preferred strategies.
In this book, highly experienced chess opening writer Graham Burgess presents a repertoire based on 1 d4 and Nf3 with precisely those aims. Black's possibilities for counterplay - and sharp gambit play - are kept to a minimum. Our aim is to give Black exactly the type of position he doesn't want. If he is seeking blocked positions with pawn-chains, we'll keep the game fluid. If he wants complex strategy, we'll attack him with simple piece-play. Simplifications? No thanks, we'll keep the pieces on and intensify the battle. Gambits? Hardly, as we simply prevent most of them!
The main cornerstones of the repertoire are carefully chosen Queen's Gambit lines, the Torre Attack (vs ...e6), and a variety of fianchetto options against the King's Indian and related set-ups. White's position is kept highly flexible, with many possible transpositions to a wide variety of systems that the reader can use to extend and vary the repertoire. The book features a wealth of new ideas and original analysis.
Content
004 Symbols
004 Bibliography
005 Foreword
006 Introduction: A Cunning Repertoire
011 1. Queen’s Gambit: Introduction
019 2. QGD: Main Line with 5 Bf4
040 3. QGD without 4...Be7
053 4. Ragozin QGD
060 5. Queen’s Gambit Accepted
074 6. Slav
099 7. Semi-Slav and Triangle QGD
107 8. 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3: Tarrasch et al.
117 9. Torre Attack: Introduction
119 10. Torre Poisoned Pawn
127 11. Torre with ...d5
134 12. Torre without ...d5
153 13. Counter-Fianchetto: Introduction
158 14. King’s Indian
189 15. Grünfeld
210 16. Anti-Benoni
235 17. Dutch and Other 1st Moves
255 Index of Variations
In this book, highly experienced chess opening writer Graham Burgess presents a repertoire based on 1 d4 and Nf3 with precisely those aims. Black's possibilities for counterplay - and sharp gambit play - are kept to a minimum. Our aim is to give Black exactly the type of position he doesn't want. If he is seeking blocked positions with pawn-chains, we'll keep the game fluid. If he wants complex strategy, we'll attack him with simple piece-play. Simplifications? No thanks, we'll keep the pieces on and intensify the battle. Gambits? Hardly, as we simply prevent most of them!
The main cornerstones of the repertoire are carefully chosen Queen's Gambit lines, the Torre Attack (vs ...e6), and a variety of fianchetto options against the King's Indian and related set-ups. White's position is kept highly flexible, with many possible transpositions to a wide variety of systems that the reader can use to extend and vary the repertoire. The book features a wealth of new ideas and original analysis.
Content
004 Symbols
004 Bibliography
005 Foreword
006 Introduction: A Cunning Repertoire
011 1. Queen’s Gambit: Introduction
019 2. QGD: Main Line with 5 Bf4
040 3. QGD without 4...Be7
053 4. Ragozin QGD
060 5. Queen’s Gambit Accepted
074 6. Slav
099 7. Semi-Slav and Triangle QGD
107 8. 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3: Tarrasch et al.
117 9. Torre Attack: Introduction
119 10. Torre Poisoned Pawn
127 11. Torre with ...d5
134 12. Torre without ...d5
153 13. Counter-Fianchetto: Introduction
158 14. King’s Indian
189 15. Grünfeld
210 16. Anti-Benoni
235 17. Dutch and Other 1st Moves
255 Index of Variations