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Following the success of Ideas Behind Modern Chess Openings, this comprehensive companion volume gives the complete opening repertoire for Black. A must for anyone who plays with Black pieces, these low-maintenance, easy-to-follow openings can be played from the very first move, enabling players to dictate the development of the game from a very early stage.

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Too many chess players adopt an unnecessarily defensive approach with the Black pieces when they should be more ambitious and strive immediately for double-edged positions with winning chances. Adorjan offers concrete opening variations and illustrative games designed to achieve this, alongside a philosophy to generate a positive state of mind when entering a battle.

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When Andras Adorjan’s first book Black is OK! was published in 1988 it became an immediate bestseller and a cult classic, reaching out to the hearts and minds of club players. In his new book, Black is still OK!, his message remains just as emphatic: too many chessplayers adopt an unnecessarily defensive approach with the Black pieces, when they should be more ambitious and strive immediately for double-edged positions with winning chances. Moreover, not only does Adorjan offer concrete opening variations and illustrative games to support his claim but also a philosophy to generate a positive state of mind when entering a battle. The new examples given here effectively continue Adorjan’s crusade started in the revolutionary 1960s and encourage players not only to win more games with Black but also to enjoy themselves in the process!

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This practical, user-friendly opening guide offers players of the White pieces a complete and aggressive repertoire based on 1 e4. The author recommends playing the Scotch Game against 1…e5 while providing effective and easy-to-learn antidotes to Black's alternative choices – the Sicilian, French, Petroff, Philidor, Caro-Kann, Pirc/Modern and Alekhine Defences. Commentaries on 51 model games illustrate the correct handling of a broad range of attacking positions, while specific lines of play are broken down and presented in a clear and accessible format, enabling readers to understand the various structures and how best to deploy all the available fighting forces.

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The standard reference work on chess openings for more than half a century, earning the epithet 'the chess player's bible'.Batsford's Modern Chess Openings is the most comprehensive single-volume work on the openings. Covering every standard line of play, it provides the distilled essence of contemporary opening theory. This latest updated edition is an indispensable reference work for club and tournament players.International Grandmaster Nick de Firmian is a three-times US Champion and an expert on opening theory. He helped develop computer Deeper Blue's opening repertoire in its match victory over arch-theoretician Gary Kasparov.

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A repertoire of easy-to-learn openings based on Garry Kasparov's favourite move 1 d4, which is a good way to play and win. There's no need to spend hours worrying about the latest moves because all these openings are sound lines with a modern twist that make them ideal low-maintenace wapons. Each opening, including the London System and the Barry Attack, have simple principles that allow White to play just about the same moves against the Gruenfeld, King's Indian Defence and Nimzo-Indian Defence. There are also modern systems to repel the dutch, benoni and even off-beat lines such as the Englund Gambit.

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A must-have book for players who like a reliable yet initiative-seeking opening repertoire for White, based on the opening moves 1 d4 followed by 2 c4. Specific main lines and variations are given to combat Black's possible choices of the King's, Queen's and Bogoljubow-Indian defences as well as the Modern Benoni and Benko Gambit. The author also recommends promising methods against the various Black defences to the Queen's Gambit. A practical opening guide for competitive players who prefer to base their game on solid moves rather than speculation.