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A highly adventurous repertoire designed to meet 1 e4 with 1...e5
and take the initiative! The main problem Black faces in answering
1 e4 with 1...e5 is the plethora of opening systems available to
White: the Ruy Lopez, Giuoco Piano, Scotch, Ponziani, King's
Gambit, Vienna, Bishop's Opening and so on. Each is likely to be
White's pet line, which usually means conducting the chess battle
on the opponent's turf. One solution is to study the main lines of
all these openings and hope to remember what to do if they appear
on the board. Another, more enterprising approach is to turn the
tables and make White fight on your territory. Adopting the latter
course, CC-SIM Jonathan Tait shares their investigations into a
myriad of disregarded, "disreputable" responses, which can set
White thinking as early as move three. These lines are greatly
under-estimated by contemporary theory and include weird and
wonderful variations such as the Calabrese Counter-Gambit (1 e4 e5
2 Bc4 f5), the Wagenbach Defence to the King's Gambit (1 e4 e5 2 f4
exf4 3 Nf3 h5), the Romanishin Three Knights (1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3
Nc3 Bc5), the Two Knights Ulvestad Variation (1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3
Bc4 Nf6 4 Ng5 d5 5 exd5 b5) and ultra-sharp lines of the Jaenisch
Gambit (1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 f5). The theory of the variations
in this book is generally poorly understood. This has made them
successful at all forms of play, including against online
computer-assisted assault.
The Two Knights Defence is one of the trickiest tactical openings
around. If White initiates complications with either 4 Ng5 or 4 d4,
play becomes extremely sharp and gambits and counter gambits
abound. Anyone who enters the murky waters of the Two Knights
Defence must be well prepared for the mind-boggling complications
that ensue. In this book, openings theoretician Jonathan Tait
guides the reader through both the well-trodden paths of the main
lines plus the less fashionable side variations of this most
complex opening. Using illustrative games, Tait studies the key
ideas and tactics for both Black and White.
*Up-to-date coverage of a controversial opening
*Written by a Two Knights Defence expert
*Ideal for club and tournament players
Two great books from the Everyman Chess Library, play 1...b6! a
dynamic and hypermodern opening system for Black by Christian Bauer
and Nimzo Larsen Attack by Byron Jacobs and Jonathan Tait, brought
together in one volume. ----- Fed up with getting difficult
positions with the black pieces? Tired of always having to keep up
with all the latest developments. Take a break from the mountains
of opening theory and play 1...b6! With the move, preparing a
bishop fianchetto, Black immediately directs the game into
relatively uncharted territory, one where White players are not
able to sit back and rely on their 'opening book' knowledge. -----
The real beauty of 1...b6 is that it can be played against
virtually every single first move by White, so it is a perfect
choice for Black players with neither the time nor inclination to
memorise a multitude of different defences. Despite being
relatively unexplored, 1...b6 has been the weapon of some dynamic
and uncompromising world-class players, including Britain's first
Grandmaster, the late Tony Miles. ----- In this revolutionary book,
Christian Bauer reveals for the first time the secrets of how to
play 1...b6 with success. He takes an in-depth look at both the
main lines and White's more offbeat tries, creating a comprehensive
repertoire for the Black player and highlighting the tactical and
positional ideas for both players. ----- In Nimzo-Larsen Attack,
Byron Jacobs and Jonathan Tait explain how you can use this dynamic
opening to attack your opponent from move one. The Nimzo-Larsen
Attack has been unfairly neglected in recent times, and this book
aims to redress the balance.
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