John Nunn is one of the most highly regarded chess writers in the world. He has carefully selected more than thiry modern games to help the reader understand the most important aspects of the chess struggle. Virtually very move is explained using words that everyone can understand - jrgon is avaoided as far sas possible. Almost all the examples are taken from the 1990x and show how key ideas are handled by the grandmasters of today. The emphasis is on understanding principles, and detailed analysis is only given where it is necessary to illustrate key strategic and tactical themes. The book is divided into three main sections:
Content
5 Symbols
6 Introduction
8 1 Opening Themes
9 1 Get the Pieces Out (Chernin-Van der Wiel)
14 2 King in the Centre (Khalifman-Sveshnikov)
19 3 Successful Control of the Centre (Aseev-Rashkovsky)
26 4 An Over-Extended Pawn-Centre (Van der Wiel-Vaganian)
31 5 Modern Gambit Play (Markowski-Onishchuk)
38 2 Middlegame Themes
38 2.1 Attacking Play
39 6 Basic Attacking Ideas (Kasparov-Short)
45 7 Bring Up the Reserves (Kasparov-Karpov
56 8 Standard Sacrifices (Shirov-Reinderman)
64 9 The All-Out Sacrificial Onslaught (Nunn-Nataf)
70 10 Opposite-Side Castling (Nunn-Ward)
77 11 The Deadly Long Diagonal (Timman-J. Polgar)
87 2.2 Defensive Play
88 12 Don't Panic (Rotsagov-Lanka)
96 13 The Defensive Sacrifice (Lalic-Khalifman)
103 14 Defence and Counter-Attack (Bu Xiangzhi-Ye Jiangchuan)
111 15 Grim Defence (Kramnik-Anand)
119 2.3 Positional Play
120 16 Bad Pawn-Structure (Kasparov-I.Sokolov)
127 17 Space Advantage (Karpov-Ribli)
136 18 Outpost (Piket-Smirin)
143 19 Open File (Short-Timman)
149 20 Weak Colour Complex (Kasparov-Shirov)
158 21 The Queenside Attack (Yermolinsky-Christiansen)
165 22 The Two Bishops (M.Gurevich-Miezis)
176 23 Bad Bishops (Stean-Sax)
182 24 Pawn-Chain Play (San Segundo-Topalov)
191 25 Exploiting the Isolated d-Pawn (Kamsky-Karpov)
201 26 The Isolated d-Pawn Triumphs (Kamsky-Short)
208 27 Positional Sacrifices (Lautier-Shirov)
215 3 Endgame Themes
215 28 The Active King (Smyslov-Sax)
223 29 The Power of Passed Pawns (Kramnik-Svidler)
240 30 Rook on the Seventh (Handoko-Xu Jun)
240 Index of Players
- Opening themes
- Middlegame themes
- Endgame themes
Content
5 Symbols
6 Introduction
8 1 Opening Themes
9 1 Get the Pieces Out (Chernin-Van der Wiel)
14 2 King in the Centre (Khalifman-Sveshnikov)
19 3 Successful Control of the Centre (Aseev-Rashkovsky)
26 4 An Over-Extended Pawn-Centre (Van der Wiel-Vaganian)
31 5 Modern Gambit Play (Markowski-Onishchuk)
38 2 Middlegame Themes
38 2.1 Attacking Play
39 6 Basic Attacking Ideas (Kasparov-Short)
45 7 Bring Up the Reserves (Kasparov-Karpov
56 8 Standard Sacrifices (Shirov-Reinderman)
64 9 The All-Out Sacrificial Onslaught (Nunn-Nataf)
70 10 Opposite-Side Castling (Nunn-Ward)
77 11 The Deadly Long Diagonal (Timman-J. Polgar)
87 2.2 Defensive Play
88 12 Don't Panic (Rotsagov-Lanka)
96 13 The Defensive Sacrifice (Lalic-Khalifman)
103 14 Defence and Counter-Attack (Bu Xiangzhi-Ye Jiangchuan)
111 15 Grim Defence (Kramnik-Anand)
119 2.3 Positional Play
120 16 Bad Pawn-Structure (Kasparov-I.Sokolov)
127 17 Space Advantage (Karpov-Ribli)
136 18 Outpost (Piket-Smirin)
143 19 Open File (Short-Timman)
149 20 Weak Colour Complex (Kasparov-Shirov)
158 21 The Queenside Attack (Yermolinsky-Christiansen)
165 22 The Two Bishops (M.Gurevich-Miezis)
176 23 Bad Bishops (Stean-Sax)
182 24 Pawn-Chain Play (San Segundo-Topalov)
191 25 Exploiting the Isolated d-Pawn (Kamsky-Karpov)
201 26 The Isolated d-Pawn Triumphs (Kamsky-Short)
208 27 Positional Sacrifices (Lautier-Shirov)
215 3 Endgame Themes
215 28 The Active King (Smyslov-Sax)
223 29 The Power of Passed Pawns (Kramnik-Svidler)
240 30 Rook on the Seventh (Handoko-Xu Jun)
240 Index of Players