The Petroff Defence is anything but dull. Although it is a frequent choice of top grandmasters, club players often fear that it leads to passive play. This book will debunk this prejudice and open new vistas.The Petroff that Or Cohen champions is sharp and ambitious. The Israeli FIDE Master has studied and practised his favourite opening, also known as the Russian Game, for many years. Based on his experience he has turned it into a vigorous weapon with which Black doesnt play for a draw but fights for a win.Cohen offers many exciting choices for Black in the Petroff, backed by new analysis and samples of his own games and those of top players. Every line radiates his love of lively piece play. In a separate part, Cohen deals with all the 1.e4 lines that White can try to avoid the Petroff.Here, too, he comes up with a wealth of fresh and sharp ideas. This book provides you with an accessible, comprehensive and vibrant repertoire against the ever popular 1.e4, based on the fundamentally solid first move 1…e5.Or Cohen (1981) is a FIDE Master from Israel. He is an active player and coach in the vivid Israeli chess scene, and an author for Shahmat magazine. He has written on the Petroff Defence before in Secrets of Opening Surprises.International Master John Donaldson, jeremysilman.com:"An excellent new book (..) Cohen's pragmatic suggestions should find a wide audience."British Chess Magazine:"A quality publication with games by the elite: Kramnik, Anand, Topalov and so on. Topical and recommendable, pleasantly free from gimmicks and overstatements."Lukas Wedrechowski, DailyChess.org:"This repertoire is structured quite well and its theory will uphold against strong grandmasters as well! Impressive."Marshtower Chess Reviews:"I am impressed by the writing of Or Cohen. He has taken on a controversial subject and produced a very interesting and thought-provoking book. I'm sure Frank James Marshall would approve!"Paul Motwani, The Scotsman:"Excellent."CHESS Magazine:"Indeed, unlike Karpov in his infamous 'Winning with the Petroff' (where Black didn't win a single illustrative game if memory serves correctly), plenty of pawn sacrifices and sharp lines are presented which might just change your mind."
Wydanie w miękkiej okładce, wersja językowa - angielska.When Boris Avrukh released his 1.d4 repertoire in 2008, it revolutionized chess opening books. As GM Michael Adams said: The high-quality Grandmaster Repertoire series has taken this format to a completely different level. Or as GM Glenn Flear put it: This book represents nothing short of a technological advance in chess opening theory.Now Avrukh is back with an expanded, updated and revamped 1.d4 repertoire. Having covered the Catalan in the first i
ForumThe Forum Section features new theoretical contributions by, among others, Bogdan Lalic and Vishnu Prasanna.ColumnsIn his column Repertoire Building with Benjamin, the American GM continues his treatment of the highly important position type with an isolated queens pawn.In Kuzmins Harvest, Alexey Kuzmin highlights the most important opening novelties in the Candidates Tournament in Moscow.ReviewsGlenn Flear reviews three repertoire books: The Open Games with Black by Martin Lokander (Everyman), Playi
ForumThe Forum Section features new theoretical contributions by, among others, Bogdan Lalic and Vishnu Prasanna.ColumnsIn his column Repertoire Building with Benjamin, the American GM continues his treatment of the highly important position type with an isolated queens pawn.In Kuzmins Harvest, Alexey Kuzmin highlights the most important opening novelties in the Candidates Tournament in Moscow.ReviewsGlenn Flear reviews three repertoire books: The Open Games with Black by Martin Lokander (Everyman), Playi
Wersja językowa książki - angielska. Miękka okładka. Grandmaster Repertoire is a new series of high quality books based on the main lines, written by strong grandmasters. The aim is to provide the reader with a complete repertoire at a level good enough for elite tournaments, and certainly also for the club championship.Grandmaster Repertoire provides a repertoire to last a lifetime.GM Mihail Marin's reputation as a chess author is unsurpassed. In this book he reveals his own white repertoire with 1.c4, t
Wydanie w twardej okładce, wersja językowa - angielska.Nikolaos Ntirlis provides a top-class repertoire for Black after 1.d4 d5 with the Queens Gambit Declined. This is truly the Rolls Royce of chess openings, having been played with both colours by most World Champions and world-class players for more than a century. As a lover of chess history, Ntirlis has distilled the best ideas from the games of legendary players such as Rubinstein, Capablanca and Alekhine, and updated them using the latest analytica
Wydanie w miękkiej okładce, wersja językowa - angielska.Nikolaos Ntirlis provides a top-class repertoire for Black after 1.d4 d5 with the Queens Gambit Declined. This is truly the Rolls Royce of chess openings, having been played with both colours by most World Champions and world-class players for more than a century. As a lover of chess history, Ntirlis has distilled the best ideas from the games of legendary players such as Rubinstein, Capablanca and Alekhine, and updated them using the latest analytic
Wersja w miękkiej okładce, język angielski.Every chess player needs a high-quality answer to 1.e4, and there is nothing more reliable than 1...e5. Black stakes a claim in the centre and prepares to deploy his pieces on good squares. The challenge nowadays is to build a robust repertoire without being overwhelmed by the volume of material and continual advances in opening theory.In Playing 1.e4 e5 – A Classical Repertoire, Nikolaos Ntirlis offers the best of both worlds: a complete repertoire against 1.e4,
Wersja językowa książki - angielska. Miękka okładka.Mihail Marin completes his opening repertoire for White with 1.c4,the English Opening, by covering 1.c4 c5. The theory isstate-of-the-art with many novelties suggested, but most useful ofall are Marins lucid explanations of how to play the resultingpositions. A repertoire for White with 1.c4 c5 Written by an award-winning author A repertoire to last a lifetimeMihail Marin is a grandmaster from Romania. His previous books forQuality Chess have established
Wersja językowa książki - angielska. Miękka okładka. Grandmaster Repertoire is a new series of high quality books based on the main lines, written by strong grandmasters. The aim is to provide the reader with a complete repertoire at a level good enough for elite tournaments, and certainly also for the club championship.Grandmaster Repertoire provides a repertoire to last a lifetime.Mihail Marin reveals his own white repertoire with 1.c4, the English Opening. In Volume Two, Marin covers all Black's replie
The average club player doesnt need to study hundreds of pages of chess opening theory. Understanding structures and finding tactics are much more important than memorizing variations.Renowned German chess trainers Erik Zude and Jörg Hickl have created an ideal club players repertoire for Black. This compact manual presents a set of lines that is conveniently limited in scope, yet varied, solid and complete. The core repertoire is based on lines that the authors have successfully played at (grand)master l
Wersja językowa książki - angielska. Miękka okładka. A World Class Repertoire Against 1.e4!As the title suggests, the repertoire is based on the respected Spanish Opening, or the Ruy Lopez, as it is sometimes called. In his previous book, Beating the Open Games, Grandmaster Mihail Marin dealt with Whites options up to 3.Bb5. Now Marin provides all the answers for Black after 4.Ba4. This depth of chess expertise has rarely been published for a mass audience before, as grandmasters usually prefer to keep th
The first one-volume book that covers all variationsThe English Opening (1.c4) is a popular choice at both club and master level, because it is a chess opening that suits all styles. Elite players as diverse as Magnus Carlsen, Fabiano Caruana and Vishy Anand include it in their repertoire. As White you can play aggressively or opt for a more strategic approach, depending on what kind of middlegame positions you are looking for. For a club player who wants to reap the benefits of this multipurpose opening,
The Sveshnikov is one of the most active and dynamic variations of the Sicilian, and has been used successfully by players of all abilities from club level through to world champions. In Grandmaster Repertoire 18 – The Sicilian Sveshnikov, opening connoisseur Vassilios Kotronias places this bold system under the microscope and provides a world-class repertoire for Black.Vassilios Kotronias is a nine-time Greek Champion and mainstay of the Greek national team, as both a player and a coach. He is feare
Wersja językowa książki - angielska. Twarda okładka. Grandmaster Repertoire is a series of high quality chess books based on the main lines, written by strong grandmasters. The aim is to provide the reader with a complete repertoire at a level good enough for elite tournaments, and certainly also for the club championship.The Grünfeld Defence offers a complete repertoire for Black against 1.d4. Avrukh's two previous Grandmaster Repertoire books for White received universal rave reviews and have been hugel
Wydanie w miękkiej okładce, wersja językowa - angielska.When Axel Smith was chasing his final Grandmaster norm, he decided he needed a change in his White opening repertoire. Instead of his usual approach of memorizing many concrete moves to try to force an advantage, he would focus on pawn structures and typical plans. The result was a repertoire based on a set-up with the moves d4, Nf3, c4 and e3. It helped Axel Smith to the GM title, and led to the creation of e3 Poison.This repertoire can be played us