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Quality Chess Books - Openings & Endgames
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Experts vs the Sicilian 2nd edition
by Aagaard & Shaw
Publication Date: 23 August 2006
Editorial Rewiew:
As recommended to his own journalist pupil by Nigel Short in the guardian.
The Sicilian Defence is the most popular opening at all levels of tournament play from Linares to the local club championship. The Sicilian is played regularly by Kasparov, Anand, Kramnik, Leko, Topalov, and Shirov – a.k.a. the best players in the world. In this book a multinational line-up of leading experts give recommendations against their own pet lines in the Sicilian Defence. This repertoire book recommends the critical main lines and reveals Black’s greatest fears to you. Experts vs. the Sicilian is the no-nonsense opening repertoire for players of all strengths who want to teach the Sicilian players a lesson or two...
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The Benko Gambit
by Jan Pinski
Publication Date: 15 August 2005
Editorial Rewiew:
The Benko Gambit is one of the most dynamic defences for Black against 1.d4 and is favoured by world class players such as Veselin Topalov and Alexander Khalifman both of whom have used this defence to score memorable victories. The dynamic counter play Black receives in return for the sacrificed queenside pawns gives Black compensation, often lasting all the way into the endgame.
In this entertaining and instructive book renowned theoretician Jan Pinski clearly identifies the critical lines every player needs too know in order to play this opening, and clearly explains the core ideas in the opening.
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The Sveshnikov Reloaded
by Dorian Rogozenko
Publication Date: 3 August 2005
Editorial Rewiew:
TIn 2003 Dorian Rogozenko helped Ruslan Ponomariov to prepare for his match never to happen against Garry Kasparov - the subject: The Sicilian Sveshnikov. Now you will be able to have a private training session worthy of a World Champion in with this remarkable book, which successfully combines theoretical depth with clear explanations and deep humanity.
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Tiger's Modern
by Tiger Hillarp Persson
Publication Date: 25 June 2005
Editorial Rewiew:
In modern chess it is often difficult to be creative in the opening, but in this book Tiger Hillarp Persson shows it can be done. Tiger presents his own favourite line against 1.e4: the Modern Defence with …a6. With the laid-back approach he brings both to the game of chess and life in general, he covers White’s various replies to his system, with a repertoire based on understanding, typical reactions, and interesting games, rather than theory to be memorised. Pieces are sacrificed in a great number of games and famous grandmasters will meet their doom on the pages of this refreshingly lively opening book.
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Challenging the Grünfeld
by Edward Dearing
Publication Date: 15 April 2005
Editorial Rewiew:
The young Scottish IM delivers a profound yet entertaining survey of the statistically most dangerous line against the Grünfeld Defence: the Modern Exchange Variation with 8.Rb1. Dearing has achieved the very difficult balance between analytical depth and general explanation which is seldom achieved even by seasoned writers.
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Rook vs. Two Minor Pieces
by Esben Lund
Publication Date: 20 May 2005
Editorial Rewiew:
The material imbalance that is the subject of this book may seem a narrow topic, but the lessons to be learned here apply to all areas of chess: those who study this book will improve their general feeling for the pieces and their interrelation. Lund starts by building a theoretical foundation, comparing various theoreticians’ methods of assessing positions with a rook versus two minor pieces. Later, in a rich exercise section, these concepts are tested in practice. This book has an unusual approach to the idea of "practical examples" as the examples often start in the opening, then consider the transformation from the opening to the middlegame, and later to the endgame: this provides the reader with a much deeper level of understanding than conventional methods.
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