In this highly original book, Grandmaster Ipatov shares the chess
philosophy that helped him become a top chess grandmaster. Contrary
to the generally accepted norms that permeate the modern chess
world, he argues that spending most of one's training time on
studying opening theory and memorizing trending lines until move 30
is wrong. However, this is exactly how most beginners start
learning chess nowadays. Some strong grandmasters also fall into
this trap when they prioritize opening theory amongst other aspects
of the game. This often leads to fundamental gaps in one's chess
understanding which is really hard to fix, especially for young
players. Ipatov's ideology lies in that one should work on
enhancing his general chess understanding and take on a
surprise-first approach when it comes to playing openings in order
to avoid opponents' preparation in the mainstream theory and take
them out of book in the early stage of the game. Most of the book
is comprised of Alexander Ipatov's original analyses covering a
variety of offbeat opening lines from both White and Black's
perspective. His recent match against the 2018 US Chess Champion
Sam Shankland, where Ipatov implemented a novelty on move two -
something unheard of in the modern era with millions of games being
played to date - serves as a good illustration that the philosophy
deserves more attention and research than it currently has. This
book serves to fill in this gap and welcome more debate on the
subject.
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