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Preface
When Thinkers Publishing suggested I could try to produce a book on the Alekhine Defense, since for some reason I seem to have the reputation of using maverick openings, this idea looked reasonable. In that Covid period I had nothing better to do after all!
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The Modernized Alekhine Defense - Christian Bauer (K-6068)
Preface
When Thinkers Publishing suggested I could try to produce a book on the Alekhine Defense, since for some reason I seem to have the reputation of using maverick openings, this idea looked reasonable. In that Covid period I had nothing better to do after all!
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Language versions | English |
Author / Authors | Christian Bauer |
Publisher | Thinkers Publishing |
Year of Publication | 1st edition 2021 |
Pages | 543 |
ISBN | 9789464201185 |
Hardcover | No |
Paperback | Yes |
Downloadable | No |
Width | 17 cm / 6.69 inch |
Height | 23.5 cm / 9.25 inch |
After a few months I however realized that Thinkers Publishing had passed me a hot potato (many thanks!), i.e. the arduous task of checking the serious recent works of Kornev and Negi, plus the mammoth book of Chetverik and Kalinichenko, not to mention some "already ancient" suggestions fram John Shaw dated 2016!
You will therefore find some references to those inspiring sources throughout this book (Chetverik & Kalinichenko being abbreviated to C&K). I wasn't sure at first whether I wanted to talk about "all existing" lines of this intriguing opening, and discovered in the process there were quite a few, or whether I would sort them out to offer a Black repertoire. I finally decided on the first approach, to give you, dear reader, a broader choice. Among all the lines included in that book, the Four Pawns Attack Classical, covered in the Bonus Lines chapter, is probably the only one where a Black player would need more knowledge in order to be "safe" from a theoretical standpoint.
Hope you'll enjoy reading this book!
004 Key to Symbols
007 Preface
009 Chapter 1 - Alternatives on move 2
035 Chapter 2 - Alternatives on move 3
089 Chapter 3 - Four Pawns Attack
129 Chapter 4 - Exchange Variation with 5...exd6
167 Chapter 5 - Exchange Variation with 5...cxd6
235 Chapter 6 - Modern Variation with 4...--
267 Chapter 7 - Modern Variation with 4...g6
323 Chapter 8 - Modern Variation with 4...dxe5
407 Chapter 9 - Modern Variation with 4...Bg4
467 Chapter 10 - Bonus Lines
523 Chapter 11 - Exercises