by Alexander Khalifman ,
August 2006, 308 pages. Second
Revised Edition
The first volume of the extremely popular series "Opening for White According to
Kramnik" was published six years ago. Now 14th world champion Alexander
Khalifman presents the audience with two entirely new books. Volume 1a covers
the Old Indian Defence, Anti-Gruenfeld, and less popular lines of the King’s
Indian Defence.
The first part analyses 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.d4, where Black delays the
development of his bishop to g7, or prepares it for another deployment
altogether, for example after e7-e5 and Bf8-e7. These opening set-ups have long
had the reputation of being solid, but with not so good prospects for Black.
The second part deals with 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 where Black follows up with
3…d5. Thus he emphasizes that he does not intend to play the KID and he invites
his opponent to enter the main lines of the Gruenfeld Defence. White counters
however with 4.Qa4+!? facing the opponent with difficult problems while turning
the Gruenfeld out of question.
In the third part of this book Khalifman begins to analyze the King’s Indian
Defence, starting with some currently offbeat lines. Its main and most
fashionable variations are so complex and strategically independent that
Khalifman singled them out in the separate volume 1b.
by Alexander Khalifman ,
July 2006, 288 pages. Second
Revised Edition
This book is devoted to the contemporary variations of the classical system of
the King’s Indian Defence. The author classifies into that group the lines in
which after: 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 0-0 6.Be2 e5 7.0-0, Black
plays 7...exd4, 7...Na6, or 7...Nc6.
Emanuel Lasker was the longest-reigning world champion (1894-1921) and
remained one of the world's top 10 players for nearly four decades. He competed
against top players such as Capablanca, Rubinstein and Alekhine at the height of
their game, and was consistently successful, yet almost no one studies his games
today. Lasker is often overlooked by the modern chess player, and the secrets of
his success remain a mystery.
Chess journalist Andy Soltis reveals for the first time the winning formula
behind Lasker's phenonemal achievements. With over 100 annotated games, Soltis
analyses the tricks, traps and techniques behind the winning moves, and makes
Lasker's methods accessible to today's players.
International grandmaster Andy Soltis is a professional journalist and popular chess writer. As the author of numerous chess biographies, including Bobby Fischer Rediscovered (0713488468) also published by Batsford, he is able to provide an objective, entertaining and qualified review of the world's chess greats and their most exciting games. He lives in New York.
| Publisher | Batsford |
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| Publication Date | 23 February 2006 |
| ISBN | 0713489839 |
| Size (h x w) | 234x156mm |
| Binding | Paperback |
| Pages | 288 |
A follow-up to Neil McDonald's incredibly successful Chess: The Art of
Logical Thinking (ISBN 0713488948), this insightful book takes a close look at
some of the most outstanding games from the last 6 years, commenting on every
single move as the game unfolds. This time, however, the emphasis is on
planning, and how the players plan their strategy many moves ahead.
The author's detailed approach gives you a rare opportunity to really get to the
nitty-gritty of what goes through grandmasters' minds as they play. To avoid
unnecessary repetition, the opening moves of each game are discussed more
lightly – real discussion begins around the 10th move, which is where the
planning stage really kicks in.
Neil McDonald is an International Grandmaster and a prolific chess author and
trainer. Previous Batsford titles include Chess: The Art of Logical Thinking
(ISBN 0713488948), The Sicilian Bb5 Revealed (ISBN 0713489804) and The Benko
Gambit Revealed (ISBN 0713488689). He lives in Gravesend, Kent.
| Publisher | Batsford |
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| Publication Date | 29 April 2006 |
| ISBN | 071349025X |
| Size (h x w) | 234x156mm |
| Binding | Paperback |
| Pages | 256 |
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Every volume
of Chess Informant offers a selection of the best games played
by the world's greatest chess players. Over 90% of the games are
annotated by the players who played them. The classification
code system facilitates the search by openings and variations,
and the system of annotation signs and symbols is perfectly
understandable to everyone. There are also the most interesting
endings, combinations, studies, the ten best games and the ten
most important theoretical novelties from the previous volume,
tournament crosstables and thorough indexes of players and
annotators.
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events held between
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January 1st, 2006
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events covered
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Wijk aan Zee, Gibraltar, Moscow, Cappelle la Grande, Cuernavaca, Morelia/Linares, Poikovsky, Monaco, Kusadasi, Nisipeanu - V. Topalov (m), etc. |
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V. Anand, Svidler, Leko, Ivanchuk, Mi. Adams, B. Gelfand, R. Ponomariov, Shirov, Nisipeanu, Bareev, Sasikiran, Sergey Karjakin, Van Wely, J. Lautier, Vallejo Pons, Kasimdzhanov, A. Onischuk, Tiviakov, Rublevsky, Bruzon, A. Naiditsch, Motylev, A. Volokitin, Z. Izoria, L. Dominguez, Iv. Sokolov, M. Kobalia, Bologan, M. Gurevich, P. H. Nielsen, Krasenkow, A. Beliavsky, Riazantsev, Sutovsky, A. Galkin, J. Timman, Ch. Lutz, Christiansen, Je. Piket, Ribli, Speelman, Xie Yun, J. Benjamin, Ar. Jussupow, Mikhalchishin, Va. Salov, and many others. |
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