Allen Edward. Balanced Battles in the Four Pawns Attack of the Modern Benoni, King's Indian Defense and the Mikenas Attack

Chess is Fun, 2013. — 238 p. — ASIN B00GSV7S6O.The Four Pawns Attack against the Benoni and King's Indian defenses represents one of the most dynamic, daring and dazzling attempts to secure an advantage with the white pieces. White stakes his entire fate and fortune on quickly occupying the center with f2-f4 and intends to smash through with e4-e5 disrupting black's forces and prying open the black king position. Black attempts to counter white's aggression by preventing a successful central thrust and by expanding on the queenside where there is a 3 to 2 pawn majority. Both adversaries must rely on an intuitive grasp of the position, knowledge of the state of the art in theory and nerves of steel.This book is composed of 12 very heavily annotated games which illustrate the key ideas for both sides in this swashbuckling opening.Dr. Edward Allen is two-time New Jersey state champion, a former New Jersey Intercollegiate chess champion, five-time Hudson County New Jersey chess champion, member of the United States Amateur Championship Team in the early 1970's, member of several New Jersey Amateur Championship Teams and a New Jersey State senior champion.