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Everyman Chess - Openings - E00-E99
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Fighting the Anti-King's Indians
by Yelena Dembo
Publication Date: July 2008
Editorial Review :
'I love playing the King's Indian, but no-one ever allows me to reach my favourite opening!'
Does this sound like an all too familiar complaint? The answer to this problem lies here.
The truth is you will reach your favourite opening in barely half the games you play against 1 d4, and that's why this book is a godsend to those players fed up with blindly searching for the right way to play against these annoying White systems designed to avoid the main lines: the Trompowsky; the London System; the Torre Attack; the Barry Attack; the Colle System; the Veresov; the Blackmar-Diemer Gambit - the list goes on and on!
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Play the Nimzo-Indian
by Edward Dearing
Publication Date: January 1, 2006
Editorial Review:
The Nimzo-Indian is one of Black's most universally popular and respectable answers to 1 d4. It could be said that no other opening allows Black to play for a win from such a sound positional basis, while its flexibility gives rise to a multitude of different positions rich in tactical and positional play. The list of Nimzo-Indian admirers runs like a who's who of the chess world: Garry Kasparov, Vladimir Kramnik, Vishy Anand, Anatoly Karpov, and Michael Adams are just a handful of top Grandmasters who have utilized it with great effect.
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Starting Out: Kings Indian Attack
by John Emms
Publication Date: October 2005
Editorial Review:
The Kings Indian Attack was a firm favourite of the legendary Bobby Fischer, and more recently it has been utilised with great success by world-class Grandmasters such as Alexander Morozevich. The renowned chess coach Mark Dvoretsky regards the Kings Indian Attack as a perfect weapon on which to base an opening repertoire. Its great advantage over other openings is that is a thematic system that can be employed against many different lines, while the emphasis is on the understanding of ideas rather than the dry memorisation of moves. The Kings Indian Attack leads to rich middlegame positions that are full of dynamic possibilities for both sides.
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Offbeat Nimzo-Indian
by Chris Ward
Publication Date: April 2005
Editorial Review:
The Nimzo-Indian Defence continues to be one of Black’s most reliable ways of meeting the queen’s pawn opening. It’s popular at all levels of chess and a constant source of anxiety for White players. How can White find a worthwhile line against this incredibly firm defence? How can White set his Nimzo opponent difficult tasks from the outset? Perhaps it’s time to look somewhere different from the well-trodden main lines.
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Play the Kings Indian
by Joe Gallagher
Publication Date: December 2004
Editorial Review:
The Kings Indian has always been one of the sharpest, most complex and popular openings that Black can play; it still provides the setting for many encounters at the elite level of Grandmaster chess. Straight from the start, Black fights for the initiative and in many variations, while White pursues material gains, it is Black who has the psychological advantage of trying to checkmate the opponent's king.
Despite its many advantages, some prospective Kings Indian players are put off by the seemingly endless amount of theory one is supposed to learn. In Play the Kings Indian, however, Grandmaster and life-long Kings Indian devotee Joe Gallagher has produced a comprehensive and yet workable black repertoire against all of Whites most dangerous possibilities.
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Starting Out: The Queens Indian
by John Emms
Publication Date: November 2004
Editorial Review:
The Queens Indian is one of Blacks most dependable and respected defences to the queen's pawn opening. It is an established favourite amongst world-class Grandmasters such as Vladimir Kramnik, Vishy Anand, Michael Adams and Judit Polgar, not to mention Anatoly Karpov, who has been a loyal Queens Indian supporter and theory developer for over three decades. Rather than classically occupying the central squares with pawns, Black adopts a hypermodern approach and endeavours to control this key area with pieces. This procedure leads to rich and varied positions that will appeal to players who like complex play.
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Nimzo-Indian Rubinstein
by Angus Dunnington
Publication Date: January 2004
Editorial Review:
Openings expert Angus Dunnington explains the ideas and strategies of one of White's most popular responses to the ultra-solid Nimzo-lndian Defence.
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Nimzo-Indian Kasparov Variation: 4 Nf3
by Chris Ward
Publication Date: April 2003
Editorial Review:
The Nimzo-Indian Defence is certainly one of Black's most respectable ways of meeting 1 d4; it's popular at all levels of chess and white players have been banging their heads against brick walls in trying to find an advantageous line. What can White do to throw his opponent off balance at an early stage? The answer is contained in this book!
Grandmaster and renowned openings expert Chris Ward studies an ambitious and uncompromising way of battling against the Nimzo, one which the world number one Garry Kasparov first brought into the limelight in his legendary World Championship clashes with Anatoly Karpov. Kasparov's continued success with this line prompted many experts to call it the 'Kasparov Variation'. By studying this book, white players can arm themselves with a new dangerous system against the Nimzo, while black players can look carefully for antidotes!
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Queen's Indian Defence
by Jacob Aagaard
Publication Date: August 2002
Editorial Review:
The Queens Indian Defence is one of black's toughest and most respectable choices against queens pawn opening's and is a favourite amongst world-class players such as Vladimir Kramnik, Vishy Anand, Michael Adams and Judit Polgar. From the outset black uses the dynamic principle of controlling the centre with pieces rather than pawns and this can lead to rich complicated chess.
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Starting Out: The Nimzo-Indian
by Chris Ward
Publication Date: July 2002
Editorial Review:
The Nimzo-Indian is one of the soundest and most popular defences against 1 d4, offering Black the chance to unbalance the game early on and play for a win without undue risk. Advocates include virtually all of the world's top players, including Garry Kasparov, Vladimir Kramnik, Vishy Anand and Anatoly Karpov. In this revolutionary book, Grandmaster Chris Ward revisits the basic principles behind the Nimzo-Indian and its many variations. Throughout this easy-to-read guide the reader is helped along by a wealth of notes, tips and warnings from the author, while key strategies, ideas and tactics for both sides are clearly illustrated. This book is ideal for the improving player.
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Starting Out: The King's Indian
by Joe Gallagher
Publication Date: March 2002
Editorial Review:
The King's Indian is one of the most exciting defences in chess and is favoured by ambitious and aggressive players. At the highest level it has been a major weapon for World Champions Bobby Fischer and Garry Kasparov. In this easy-to-read guide, Grandmaster Joe Gallagher goes back to the basics of the King's Indian, studying the key principles of its many variations. Throughout the book there are an abundance of notes, tips, warnings and exercises to help the improving player, while important strategies, ideas and tactics for both sides are clearly illustrated.
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Classical Nimzo-Indian (the ever popular 4Qc2)
by Bogdan Lalic
Publication Date: April 2001
Editorial Review:
The 4 Qc2 (or the Classical Variation, as it's commonly known) represents one of White's main choices against the ever-reliable Nimzo-Indian Defence. Ideas and strategies for both white and black players are explained. All the major variations are covered and Lalic updates the theory of these ever-developing lines.
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Easy Guide to the Nge 2 King's Indian
by Ervin Haag and Gyozo Forintos
Publication Date: June 2000
Editorial Review:
An easy to follow guide to an aggressive and little-known system against the popular King's Indian. The reader is guided through the main themes of the Hungarian Attack and presented with a carefully organized repertoire, which also includes lines against the Benoni. The content is up-to-date and contains enough information to enable the reader to play the Hungarian Attack with confidence, without flooding him or her with extraneous detail.
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Bronstein on the King's indian
by David Bronstein
Publication Date: July 1999
Editorial Review:
The author sets out to demonstrate that the King's Indian is not a difficult opening to play. The emphasis is definitely not on the routine memorizing of variations, but rather on understanding the typical moves and manoeuvres and the overall 'spirit' of the defence.. The book also contains fifty of Bronstein's games that he has played with the King's Indian, not all with Black, and not all ending in wins but games that demonstrate the wide variety of ideas and positions that can arise in this splendid defence.
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Easy Guide to the Nimzo-Indian
by John Emms
Publication Date: April 1998
Editorial Review:
The Nimzo-indian is one of the most important and popular chess openings among players of all standards. However, there is a dearth of good literature explaining the dynamics of the Nimzo - a need that this book answers. A battle-hardened grandmaster explains the secrets of the Nimzo-indian and shows how both sides can play for a win.
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