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Winning in the Chess Opening: 700 Ways to Ambush Your Opponent - Nikolai Kalinichenko (K-5389)
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Every chess player loves to win early in the opening. However you should never lose sight of the most important objective of your opening play: the proper development of your pawns and pieces.
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| Language versions | English |
| Author / Authors | Nikolai Kalinichenko / Николай Калиниченко |
| Publisher | New In Chess |
| Year of Publication | 1st edition 2018 |
| Pages | 459 |
| ISBN | 9789056917623 |
| Hardcover | No |
| Paperback | Yes |
| Downloadable | No |
| Width | 17 cm / 6.69 inch |
| Height | 23.5 cm / 9.25 inch |
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That is why this book is more than just an enjoyable collection of traps and tricks. Prolific Russian chess author Nikolai Kalinichenko has collected 700 brilliant miniatures, topical games from a wide variety of players, from World Champions to amateurs. They are selected for their instructional value, and not merely to highlight blunders or accidents.
In his notes Kalinichenko always explains the ideas and plans behind the opening and how play could have been improved. The games are arranged by opening, so the book can be used as a manual. Playing through these exciting games is not just highly enjoyable but will also teach you how to recognize opportunities to ambush your opponent in the first 20 moves. And, reversely, how to avoid such pitfalls in the opening.
With the ideas presented in this well-organized book, the adventurous player will certainly win more games, and more rapidly!
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Content
009 Explanation of symbols
011 Preface
Chapter 1
Open Games
Centre Game, Danish Gambit and rare lines
012 1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4
013 Rare Lines
015 Centre Game
018 Danish Gambit
King’s Gambit
021 1.e4 e5 2.f4
021 King’s Gambit Declined
027 Falkbeer Counter-Gambit
028 King’s Gambit Accepted
Bishop’s Opening
043 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4
Vienna Game
046 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3
Latvian Gambit and rare replies to 2.Nf3
054 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f5
Philidor Defence
058 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6
Petroff Defence
063 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6
Ponziani Opening
069 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3
Scotch Game
072 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4
Scotch/Göring Gambit
076 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 (4.c3)
Italian Game and related openings
080 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5
081 Openings related to the Italian Game
085 Italian Game
vans Gambit
091 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4
Two Knights Defence
096 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6
our Knights Game and related openings
107 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6
Ruy Lopez
113 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5
Chapter 2
Semi-Open Games
Minor openings after 1.e4
Owen Defence
138 1.e4 b6
Nimzowitsch Defence
139 1.e4 Nc6
Scandinavian Defence
142 1.e4 d5
Alekhine Defence
151 1.e4 Nf6
Pirc-Ufimtsev Defence
155 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
Caro-Kann Defence
167 1.e4 c6
French Defence
181 1.e4 e6
Sicilian Defence
211 1.e4 c5
Chapter 3
Closed Games
Queen’s Pawn Opening
263 1.d4 d5
Queen’s Gambit: rare lines
275 1.d4 d5 2.c4
Chigorin Defence
279 1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6
Albin Counter-Gambit
282 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5
Queen’s Gambit Accepted
284 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4
Slav Defence
289 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6
Semi-Slav Defence
298 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6
Catalan Opening
302 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3
Queen’s Gambit Declined
306 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3
Chapter 4
Semi-Closed Games
Rare and minor Indian lines
319 1.d4
Dutch Defence
328 1.d4 f5
Trompowsky Attack
341 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5
Budapest Gambit
342 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5
Benoni Systems
346 1.d4 Nf6 and 2...c5, 1.d4 c5
Modern Benoni
350 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6
Volga Gambit
354 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
Grünfeld Indian Defence
357 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
King’s Indian Defence
361 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
Queen’s Indian Defence
370 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 [b6]
Nimzo-Indian Defence
379 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
Chapter 5
Flank Games
Rare lines
391 1.c3 / 1.g4 / 1.g3 / 1.Nc3
Sokolsky Opening
395 1.b4
Nimzowitsch-Larsen Opening
398 1.b3
Bird’s Opening
400 1.f4
Réti Opening and King’s Indian Attack
405 1.Nf3
English Opening
414 1.c4
445 Index of players
457 Bibliography
459 About the authors