New In Chess, 2016. — 512 p. — ISBN13: 978-9056916619. Many chess players act intimidated and overly cautious when they have the Black pieces. They are so preoccupied with White's advantage of the first move, that their predominant urge is to defend against possible threats and to safeguard their position. With his iconoclastic ‘Black is OK' books, Andras Adorjan has...
B. T. Batsford Ltd., 1989. — 176 p. — ISBN13: 978-0713457902. Many chessplayers adopt an unnecessarily defensive approach when they have the black pieces. But not Grandmaster Adorjan, who claims that the reason many players rarely win with black is that they don't even try. The author makes his point by recommending specific opening variations in which black can play for a win...
Batsford, 2005. — 194 p. — ISBN: 0713489421. Based on the best-selling Black is OK!, this third volume in the series builds on the cult classic's success. Continuing Adorjan's crusade, which began in the revolutionary 1960s, it encourages players not only to win more games with Black but also to enjoy themselves in the process. He offers concrete opening variations and...
Batsford, 2004. — 228 p. — ISBN: 0713488700. When Black Is OK!, Andras Adorjan’s first book, was originally published in 1988, it became an immediate bestseller and a cult classic. In this follow-up, his message remains just as emphatic: too many chess players adopt an unnecessarily defensive approach with the Black pieces. Instead, they should strive immediately for double-edged...
Chess Information & Research Institute, 2005. — 552 p. — ISBN13: 978-1-889-323-12-8. This series shows you how to start your chess games as dynamically and accurately as the greatest grandmasters in the world. Three-time US Champion Champion Lev Alburt, famous for his ability to turn aspiring players into masters, teams up with two-time U.S. Champion Roman Dzindzichashvili and...
2nd Edition, Revised and Updated. — Chess Information & Research Institute, 2009. — 547 p. — ISBN: 978-1-889323-18-3. Every chess player needs a set of openings he can trust! Chess Openings for Black, Explained gives you a complete repertoire of carefully selected, interrelated openings. Three-time U.S. champion and master teacher Lev Alburt, along with his grandmaster...
Glasgow, UK: Quality Chess, 2011. — 360 p. — ISBN: 1-906552-54-1. The Alterman Gambit Guide: Black Gambits 1' is an instructional manual for improving chess players. Sharpen your tactics and learn to play dynamic attacking chess while studying the most entertaining gambits. Lines covered include: Benko Gambit, Blumenfeld Gambit, Vaganian Gambit and more. The second and...
Серия Alterman's Gambit Guide - Glasgow, UK: Quality Chess, 2012. — 378 p. — ISBN: 1-906552-96-1. Вторая часть дебютной монографии гроссмейстера Бориса Альтермана посвящена ряду популярных гамбитов (черными). Подача материала идеальна для начинающих и для шахматистов до 1-го разряда. Рассмотрены основные идеи гамбитов, ловушки, даются примерные партии. This gambit guide is no...
Everyman Chess, 2005. — 224 p. — ISBN: 1-85744-410-8. 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...
Everyman Chess Series, 2007. — 194 p. — ISBN13: 978-1-85744-5367. Во томе 2, Дэвис производит амбициозный и бескомпромиссный репертуар за черных. Две его основные варианты Албин контр гамбит и гамбит Schlieman, выбранные гамбиты были опробованы и испытаны одни из самых изобретательных игроков. Представляя полный дебютный репертуар за чёрных, эта работа предлагает праздник...
Chess Stars, 2016. — 236 p. — ISBN13: 978-619-7188-09-7. This book offers an active Black repertoire against The English Opening 1.c4, the Reti 1.Nf3, and their siblings that arise after 1.g3. The authors advocate for seizing space in the centre with...c6 and d5, followed up by...e4 or...d4. They pay special attention on the ideas behind the moves, leaving the detailed coverage...
Gambit Publications, 2012. — 196 p. — ISBN13: 978-1-906454-31-9. Playing as Black in a game of chess can be difficult. Do you simply try to neutralize White’s initiative, or go all-out to complicate the game? Either way, there are many pitfalls, and a lot of study may be needed. In this book, Grandmaster Eingorn shows that it is possible both to play solidly, and to take White...
Thinkers Publishing, 2019. — 672 p. — ISBN: 978-9492510488. This book is about the practical approach to the game of chess. It shaped me as a player and now I would like to share my philosophy with you. My objective is to combat several generally accepted misconceptions such as only studying opening theory will make you a better player one should always follow the first or...
New In Chess, 2012. — 230 p. — ISBN: 9056913717. Eight years after his acclaimed The Cl!ess Advantage in Black and White, grandmaster Larry Kaufman is back with a completely new repertoire book, covering the entire scope of chess openings for both White and Black, in one tome. Using the latest versions of top engines like Komodo and Houdini, the former Senior World Champion and...
London: B.T. Batsford Ltd, 1996. — 160 p. — ISBN 0-7134-7732-6. Have you ever wished you had an all-purpose chess move that you could play against anything White could throw at you? Something that was both sound, aggressive, and little-known? This chess book provides the answer with 1...Nc6. Against 1.e4 this is Nimzowitch's "other" defense, a favorite with maverick players...
София, Болгария: Семко, 2001. — 190 p. — ISBN: 954 8782 16. The 'Chess Stars Openings' series present an entirely new approach to the study of chess openings which can provoke the interest of chessplayers of all levels. Drawing examples from the games of today's leading grandmasters we present the principles of selection and successful employment of a harmonious opening...
Chess Stars, 2017. — 352 p. — ISBN: 9786197188165. A Practical Black Repertoire with d5, c6 Volume 2 deals in depth with the Caro-Kann Defence 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 and various deviations for White as 1.e4 c6 2.d3; 2.Nc3; 2.c4. This part also analyses rare systems where White leaves the main roads, but Black remains true to the spirit of his conception for the centre, for instance,...
Sofia: Chess Stars, 2016. — 376 p. — ISBN: 9786197188110. In this volume we consider the Pirc Defense (Chapters 10-27). It has definite advantages in comparison to other openings. To start with, it has not been analyzed so thoroughly, since the White fans of 1.e2-e4 devote the lion's share of their time to study the Sicilian Defense and the Open Games. Secondly, Black can play...
Batsford, 2003. — 176 p. — 9780713477818. Explains how to respond to and overcome White's various Flank Openings. Kotronias's repertoire is based on sound, uncompromising play by Black, seeking to nullify White's initiative, but keeping enough imbalance in the game to play for a win.
Thinkers Publishing, August 31, 2020. — 280 p. — ISBN13: 978-9492510846. “1.e4 e5 is not just an opening. It is repertoire that represents our game as a whole. It is something players of all styles will enjoy due to the countless possibilities 1…e5 provides. Hopefully, learning 1…e5 will also make you a better player” ~ Yuriy Krykun One of the important issues players face –...
Everyman Chess, 2015. — 416 p. — ISBN13: 978-1781942239. This series provides an ideal platform to study chess openings. By continually challenging the reader to answer probing questions throughout the book, the Move by Move format greatly encourages the learning and practicing of vital skills just as much as the traditional assimilation of opening knowledge. Carefully selected...
Everyman Chess, 2012. — 400 p. — ISBN13: 978-1857446838. This new series provides an ideal platform to study chess openings. By continually challenging the reader to answer probing questions throughout the book, the move by move format greatly encourages the learning and practising of vital skills just as much as the traditional assimilation of opening knowledge. Carefully...
Batsford, 1978. – 160 p. – (Batsford Chess Book). — ISBN: 0-7134-1034-5. This is a modest but good repertoire book it recommends the QGD and a variation of * the Benoni against, * Catalan System, * Queen's Gambit, * Queen's Pawn Opening ( without c4)...1 d4 and * the French and * the Pirc against 1 e4 (the idea is to give one solid and one sharp alternative against any approach...
Quality Chess, 2016. — 584 p. — ISBN: 978-1-907982-46-0. — (Grandmaster Repertoire — 19). Beating Minor Openings offers a world-class repertoire for Black against every sensible first move apart from 1.d4 and 1.e4. GM Victor Mikhalevski advocates an ambitious approach for Black, with the aim of occupying the centre and fighting for an advantage, rather than mere equality,...
New In Chess, 2017. — 440 p. — ISBN: 978-90-5691-764-3. Every chess player needs to decide which openings he or she is going to play. But where do you start? The risk of drowning in the turbulent sea of chess opening theory is only too real for beginning amateurs.Often your goals and ambitions will be misguided. If you are trying to win in 20 moves, copy what's in fashion among...
Cardoza, 1998. — 176 p. — ISBN13: 978-0940685796. This gambit repertoire shows black how to take charge with aggressive attacking defences against any orthodox first white opening move. Gambits include the Scandinavian gambit against 1.e4 and the Schara gambit against 1.d4. The book shows black how to immediately seize the initiative.
2nd revised and expanded edition. — Chess Digest, 1997. — 172 p. — ISBN: 0-87568-166-2. There have been some subtle improvements and important dates since the early 1970s when 1 first recommended these lines of defense. In researching for this current book, my sources were intensive. In the years to come, if you keep on top of things, this will be a defensive system you can use...
Chess Digest, Inc., 1994. — 126 p. — ISBN: 0-87568-240-5. Tournament players tend to acquire an opening repertoire in a haphazard way. They may develop a fondness for meeting 1 e4 with l...e5 because of some memorable game from the early part of their playing career in which they won with the Black side of a Petroff or Ruy Lopez. But against 1 d4 or 1 c4 they switch from...
Dallas, Chess Digest, 1994. — 148 p. — ISBN: 0-87568-257-X. Answers 1.e4 and openings from everyone else. This is a very flexible system that allows you to build a large target center if you tilt it. Black's lens is attacking White's center with all his might, bringing about sharp, hypermodern play on the board.
Gambit Publications, 2001. — 273 p. — ISBN: 1-901983501. Our main objective is to give Black a complete repertoire with the opening move 1...d6. The other aim is to provide a more detailed theoretical survey of the opening lines 1 d4 d6 2 c4 e5, 1 d4 d6 2 Nf3 Bg4 and all the other 2nd moves for White (except 2 e4). These lines have been generally neglected by the opening theory...
New In Chess, 2017. — 330 p. — ISBN: 978-90-5691-744-9. All the average club player needs is a small and manageable chess opening repertoire. They don't have time and energy to study hundreds of pages of chess opening theory. And why would they? Amateur games are rarely decided in the opening. Understanding structures and finding tactics are much more important. Renowned German...
М.: Врублевская Ольга Анатольевна, 2019. — 128 с. — (Шахматы для всех). — ISBN: 978-5-85271-715-3. В этой книге представлены редкие и интересные дебютные варианты (за чёрных), которые призваны быстро подготовить вас к партии или соревнованию. Также вы сможете познакомиться с ловушками, теоретическими новинками и оригинальными анализами действующего гроссмейстера. Здесь вы...
СПб.: Издательство Соловьёв Сергей Николаевич, 2017. Т. 2: Защита Каро-Канн и другие - 352 с. Во втором томе своей работы гроссмейстер Алексей Корнев завершает построение дебютного репертуара за черных на основе первых ходов d7-d5 и с7-с6. На самый популярный ход белых 1.е4 он рассматривает славящуюся своей надежностью защиту Каро-Канн. Кроме того, в книге подробно разбирается,...
СПб: Соловьев Сергей, 2016 г. — 368 с. -- ISBN: 9785903609383. В первом томе своей работы гроссмейстер Алексей Корнев начинает рассмотрение дебютного репертуара для черных на основе первых ходов Nf6, g6 и d6. В качестве дебютного оружия на 1.e4 рассматривается защита Пирца-Уфимцева. Кроме того, в книге подробно разбирается, как играть за черных в Английском начале, дебюте Рети,...
М.: Андрей Ельков, 2016. — 264 с. Серия: Дебютный репертуар Новую книгу (в двух томах) знаменитый теоретик Евгений Свешников написал в соавторстве с международным мастером Владимиром Свешниковым. В книге предлагается экономичный и практичный репертуар для быстрых шахмат и блица. Авторы резко сузили круг дебютов, чтобы читатели максимально глубоко изучили варианты и смогли...
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