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Batsford - Aperture - B00-B99
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The Hippopotamus Rises
By Andrew Martin
Publication Date: 7 November 2005
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In these days of huge databases and long forcing lines, the Hippopotamus chess opening stands out, offering everyone the chance to play chess in an original and interesting way. Black plays his pawns up to the third rank (lying low in the water like the hippopotamus himself), perhaps fianchettos both Bishops and bides his time, waiting for the right moment to strike.
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The Sicilian Bb5 Revealed
By Neil McDonald
Publication Date: 30 June 2005
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The Sicilian Bb5 is the most popular and successful Anti-Sicilian Variation. It first came to attention when it was used by Vassily Ivanchuk to score a stunning win against Gary Kasparov at Linares in 1991. It has since become recognised as the perfect way to avoid mainline Sicilian theory without compromising White’s attacking ideals. As such it has proved a deadly weapon in the hands of Adams and Grischuk – and even Kasparov himself.
In this book you will find full coverage of both 2…d6 3.Bb5+ and 2…Nc6 3.Bb5. You will be shown how to implement in your own games the ideas and attacking systems that have worked so successfully at the highest level.
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Scandinavian Defence
By James Plaskett
Publication Date: 16 September 2004
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The traditional form of the opening is 1 e4 d5 2 exd5 Qxd5 3 Nc3 Qa5, with a subsequent deployment of Black's Queen's bishop at f5 or g4, and indeed the current theoretical status of this line remains good. However, in recent years many alternative schemes have been tried. There has, for example, been a marked increase in the popularity of 3…Qd6!?, in conjunction with a swift …a6 and …b5, or …Bg4, …Nc6 and …0-0-0, and sometimes even an early foray by the Black queen into the White kingside – all of which offers a radically different middlegame from the stonewalling so frequently associated with the older type of Scandinavian middlegames. Recent play also suggests that 3…Qe5, cheekily dubbed 'The Patzer Variation', might also not be so naive.
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The English Attack
By Nick de Firmian and John Fedorowicz
Publication Date: 23 July 2004
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Two American grandmasters provide a practical yet thorough survey of one of the hottest opening variations around today. In response to Black's ever popular Najdorf Sicilian, White plays 6 f3, which not only supports the centre e-pawn but more importantly prepares to launch a kingside pawn storm against Black's castled king, starting with g4-g5. However, Garry Kasparov, a champion of the Sicilian Defence, has shown that Black can postpone castling in favour of queenside expansion and regrouping the knight pair at b6 and d7, ready for a swift counter-punch when White castles long. But, then again, White in turn can also delay castling to keep Black guessing – in which case both kings remain in the centre! Not surprisingly tactics and sharp play abound in this most modern of chess openings, where precise knowledge of variations is vital.
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Mastering the Sicilian
By Kopec, Danny
Publication Date: June 30, 2003
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The Sicilian Defence, famed for its exciting counter-attacking potential, has long enjoyed great popularity at all levels of play- from club amateur to world champion.In this instructive book, part of the acclaimed Batsford 'Mastering the Openings' series, International Master Dr Danny Kopec explains the Sicilian from Black's point of view in terms of pawn structures, tactical themes and plans, rather than dense analysis of specific lines of play.By going through the mastery lessons, step by step, the reader will gain true understanding of the ideas behind the main variations of the Sicilian and the confidence to progress thereafter to a study of more advanced theory.
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Ultimate Pirc
By Nunn, John
Publication Date: Reissue edition June 30, 2003
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Two leading experts on the Pirc Defence present complete and comprehensive coverage of all key lines.
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Sicilian Accelerated Dragon
By Nielsen, Peter Heine & Hansen, Carsten
Publication Date: June 30, 2003
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grandmaster and a researcher team up to provide thorough coverage of this important and dynamic line of the Sicilian. The main line, the Maroczy Bind, is one of the most controversial of systems. Its assessment has changed greatly as chess thought has developed over the years.
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Complete Najdorf: 6 Bg5
By Nunn, John
Publication Date: February 1, 1997
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The Najdorf Sicilian is the most important, popular and talked-about chess opening. It is synonymous with the all-time Greats of chess v Tal, Fischer and Kasparov. The Najdorf offers Black the best of both worlds v excellent winning chances without exceptional risks. It includes many famous variations, such as the Poisoned Pawn and the Polugaevsky Variation. The definitive guide to Fischer and Kasparov's favourite chess opening.
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