Hammer Jon Ludvig. Play 1.e4: A Complete White Repertoire

Portsmouth (USA): Russell Enterprises, 2023. — 240 p. — ISBN: 978-1949859560. The Modern Defense has been popular for decades. However, within the purview of this defense, there is a system that challenges White right from the get-go. The brainchild of Georgian grandmaster Bukhuti Gurgenidze, Black plays 1...g6 and follows with a timely...c6 and...d5. Occasionally classified as...

Thinkers Publishing, 2022. — 408 p. — ISBN 978-9464201598. My aim with the book was to provide you with a lot of insights into this remarkable variation, The Ark, and to entertain the reader with spectacular, resourceful lines to illustrate the ideas. Thus, I must stress that my book should also be interesting for those who just enjoy chess in general, not just for the fans of...

Portsmouth (USA): Russell Enterprises, Inc., 2023. — 272 p. — ISBN: 978-1-949859-70-6. Although the London System was first played almost 200 years ago, it lay dormant until the beginning of the 21st century. Then chessplayers rediscovered it, realizing that the London could be played against most responses by Black, obtaining a good game with little preparation. Nowadays the...

New in Chess, Jun 15, 2022. — 200 p. — ISBN: 978-94-93257-00-9. This book not only covers the most-played opening in online chess, but a complementary opening system as well. It makes sense to study both the versatile London System – moving the bishop to f4 - and the more aggressive Trompowsky Attack, moving the bishop to g5. This will offer White more flexibility and deepen...

Chess Stars ltd., 2022. — 264 p. — ISBN: 978-6197188363. This book offers a full repertoire based on the Taimanov move order 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6! 5.Nc3 Qc7. It is especially effective against the English Attack and early kingside pawn storms. However, the fianchetto 6.g3 and the Classical System with 6.Be3 a6 7.Be2 pose certain problems. The autor proposes to...

Thinkers Publishing, 2023. — 456 p. — ISBN: 978-9464201932. For many chess-players, opening study is pure hard work. It is difficult to know what is important and what is not, and when specific knowledge is vital, or when a more general understanding is sufficient. Tragically once the opening is over, a player is puzzled what plan to follow, or even understand why his pieces...