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The Taimanov-Scheveningen Hybrid - Semko Semkov (K-6163)
K-6163
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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.
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Data sheet
| Language versions | English |
| Author / Authors | Semko Semkov |
| Publisher | Chess Stars |
| Year of Publication | 1st edition 2022 |
| Pages | 264 |
| ISBN | 9786197188363 |
| Hardcover | No |
| Paperback | Yes |
| Downloadable | No |
| Width | 14.5 cm / 5.71 inch |
| Height | 21.5 cm |
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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 meet them with the Scheveningen set-up ...d6, thus taking the best of two different worlds.
The book practically does not overlap with the 2014 Chess Stars bestseller The Most Flexible Sicilian or with Pavlidis’s The Sicilian Taimanov as the author recommends other lines, which are better or keep more tension, in his opinion.
Semkov has been a devoted Sicilian fan all his life, and he has played at least 10 000 blitz games starting with 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6. Since a good half of them featured 3.c3, 3.g3, 3.d3 or other anti-Sicilians, the author included these lines in the book.
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Content
004 Bibliography
005 Preface
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7
Chapter 1. The Main Line Scheveningen
007 Step by Step
018 Annotated Games
Chapter 2. Classical Scheveningen with a4
025 Step by Step
031 Annotated Games
Chapter 3. The Fianchetto
037 Step by Step
049 Annotated Games
Chapter 4. The Third Rank Set-up
057 Step by Step
067 Annotated Games
Chapter 5. 6.f4
073 Step by Step
086 Annotated Games
Chapter 6. The cunning 6.a3
089 Step by Step
096 Annotated Games
Chapter 7. The English Attack
103 Step by Step
121 Annotated Games
Chapter 8. The Hot 7.Qf3
135 Step by Step
149 Annotated Games
Chapter 9. The Early g4
161 Step by Step
167 Annotated Games
Chapter 10. The Straightforward Nxc6
171 Step by Step
178 Annotated Games
Chapter 11. Rare 6th Moves - 6.Qd3, 6.Ndb5
181 Step by Step
187 Annotated Games
Chapter 12. Taimanov with 5.Nb5
191 Step by Step
207 Annotated Games
Chapter 13. Alapin 3.c3
213 Step by Step
227 Annotated Games
Chapter 14. King’s Indian Attack
231 Step by Step
235 Annotated Games
Chapter 15. Rare Third Moves
241 Step by Step
250 Annotated Games
256 Index of Variations