Two compelling titles now brought together in one volume!
Beating Unusual Chess Defences: 1 e4: Dealing with the Scandinavian, Pirc, Modern, Alekhine and other tricky lines by Andrew Greet. Anyone who plays 1 e4 as White must be prepared not only for Black's main defences but also an assortment of less popular lines. These, when taken together, represent a significant percentage of the replies you can expect to meet when opening 1 e4. Dealing with these slightly offbeat variations is often a daunting task, especially since your opponents are likely to be specialists in these lines and therefore know them inside out. Beating Unusual Chess Defences provides the perfect solution. International Master Andrew Greet gets to grips with each of these tricky openings. He identifies how to exploit their weaknesses whilst avoiding their strengths, thus constructing a practical and dependable repertoire for White. This book covers everything a 1 e4 player needs to know about facing these defences.
Beating Unusual Chess Openings: Dealing with the English, Reti, King's Indian Attack and other annoying systems by Richard Palliser Beating Unusual Chess Openings is a godsend to those chess players fed up with struggling against all opening moves other than White's main two: 1 e4 and 1 d4. From the respectable (English Opening, Réti and King's Indian Attack) through to theoffbeat (Nimzo-Larsen Attack, Bird's Opening) and the totally bizarre (Orang-utan, Grob); everything Black needs to know about facing unusual openings is covered within these pages. Richard Palliser gets to grips with all of White's possibilities, examining their strengths and weaknesses and in turn organizing a reliable and practical repertoire for Black.
Content
Beating Unusual Chess Defences: 1.e4:
004 Bibliography
005 Introduction
007 1. Scandinavian Defence
066 2. Modern Defence
112 3. Pirc Defence
157 4. Philidor and Czech Pirc
195 5. Alekhine's Defence
262 6. Other Defences
299 Index of Variations
303 Index of Complete Games
Beating Unusual Chess Opening:
004 Bibliography
007 Preface
Part 1: The Symmetrical English
009 1 White Fianchettoes and Plays Nf3
035 2 White Fianchettoes without Nf3
065 3 The Three Knights Variation
085 4 White Plays an Early d4
Part 2: Unusual First Moves
108 5 Two Advances of the g-pawn
216 6 Bird's Opening
128 7 The Nimzo-Larsen Attack
141 8 Der Linksspringer: 1 Nc3
158 9 The Sokolsky
Part 3: 1 Nf3
267 10 The 1 Nf3 Problem and a Possible Solution
177 11 Black Meets 1 Nf3 with 1...d5
199 12 Black Meets 1 Nf3 with 1...Nf6
222 Index of Variations
Beating Unusual Chess Defences: 1 e4: Dealing with the Scandinavian, Pirc, Modern, Alekhine and other tricky lines by Andrew Greet. Anyone who plays 1 e4 as White must be prepared not only for Black's main defences but also an assortment of less popular lines. These, when taken together, represent a significant percentage of the replies you can expect to meet when opening 1 e4. Dealing with these slightly offbeat variations is often a daunting task, especially since your opponents are likely to be specialists in these lines and therefore know them inside out. Beating Unusual Chess Defences provides the perfect solution. International Master Andrew Greet gets to grips with each of these tricky openings. He identifies how to exploit their weaknesses whilst avoiding their strengths, thus constructing a practical and dependable repertoire for White. This book covers everything a 1 e4 player needs to know about facing these defences.
Beating Unusual Chess Openings: Dealing with the English, Reti, King's Indian Attack and other annoying systems by Richard Palliser Beating Unusual Chess Openings is a godsend to those chess players fed up with struggling against all opening moves other than White's main two: 1 e4 and 1 d4. From the respectable (English Opening, Réti and King's Indian Attack) through to theoffbeat (Nimzo-Larsen Attack, Bird's Opening) and the totally bizarre (Orang-utan, Grob); everything Black needs to know about facing unusual openings is covered within these pages. Richard Palliser gets to grips with all of White's possibilities, examining their strengths and weaknesses and in turn organizing a reliable and practical repertoire for Black.
Content
Beating Unusual Chess Defences: 1.e4:
004 Bibliography
005 Introduction
007 1. Scandinavian Defence
066 2. Modern Defence
112 3. Pirc Defence
157 4. Philidor and Czech Pirc
195 5. Alekhine's Defence
262 6. Other Defences
299 Index of Variations
303 Index of Complete Games
Beating Unusual Chess Opening:
004 Bibliography
007 Preface
Part 1: The Symmetrical English
009 1 White Fianchettoes and Plays Nf3
035 2 White Fianchettoes without Nf3
065 3 The Three Knights Variation
085 4 White Plays an Early d4
Part 2: Unusual First Moves
108 5 Two Advances of the g-pawn
216 6 Bird's Opening
128 7 The Nimzo-Larsen Attack
141 8 Der Linksspringer: 1 Nc3
158 9 The Sokolsky
Part 3: 1 Nf3
267 10 The 1 Nf3 Problem and a Possible Solution
177 11 Black Meets 1 Nf3 with 1...d5
199 12 Black Meets 1 Nf3 with 1...Nf6
222 Index of Variations