Winning Pawn Play in the Indian Defense

Winning Pawn Play in the Indian Defense

 The Kings Indian and Benoni defenses may look similar, but they lead to vastly different strategies for each player. Why does White usually attack on the queenside in the Kings Indian but on the kingside in the Benoni, while Black does the opposite? Do you know when and where to launch your pawns forward, and when to rely on piece play? Can you stop your opponent from blocking up the position? Are you mystified by the subtle differences that totally change the game?
In Winning Pawn Play in the Indian Defenses, Henrique Marinho provides the guideposts that you need to make your way through the forest of strategies and variations in these popular modern openings. Aron Nimzowitschs neglected idea of the qualitative pawn majority serves as the basic compass in the authors systematic exploration of the plans available to both White and Black, showing how typical Indian pawn formations suggest each players strategicopportunities… and the consequences of ignoring what the pawn structure tells you.
Fundamental positional lessons can get lost in the trees of variations. Marinho avoids exhausting tactical analysis and keeps a laserlike focus on ideas, structures, and plans in the nearly two hundred illustrative tournament games presented here, supplemented by the novel use of 20 chess engine games to investigate alternative plans in critical positions. You will learn not only to play either side of the kings fianchetto Indian defenses, but also to apply the tool of the qualitative majority to any opening you play or face.
Includes a glossary of terms and an appendix applying these ideas to the most important open game, the Ruy López.
Henrique Marinho is a physician and federal treasury auditor based in Curitiba, state of Paraná, Brazil. Southern Brazil vice-champion in 1971 and a finalist in the Brazilian Championship that same year, the author was champion of the city of Campinas, state of São Paulo, in 1958 and 1964. Retired from active competition in 1983 to investigate the theoretical aspects of chess, in 2003 Dr. Marinho helped to found the Brazilian Academy of Chess and Culture in Curitiba.

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Winning Pawn Play in the Indian Defense

Winning Pawn Play in the Indian Defense

The Kings Indian and Benoni defenses may look similar, but they lead to vastly different strategies for each player. Why does White usually attack on the queenside in the Kings Indian but on the kingside in the Benoni, while Black does the opposite? Do you know when and where to launch your pawns forward, and when to rely on piece play? Can you stop your opponent from blocking up the position? Are you mystified by the subtle differences that totally change the game? In Winning Pawn Play in the Indian Def

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Wojo's weapons: Winning with White - Volume 2

Wojo's weapons: Winning with White - Volume 2

IM Dean Ippolito and NM Jonathan Hilton team up again to continue their coverage of the late GM Aleksander Wojtkiewiczs winning repertoire with the White pieces, designed to grind down weaker players while challenging his peers. In this second volume, Ippolito and Hilton examine Wojos handling of the popular Kings Indian Defense, focusing on the positional Fianchetto Variation.  Over the course of 78 fully annotated complete games, the authors examine Blacks various plans, explain the key ideas, offer

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The Queen's Indian Defence by Michael Roiz (twarda okładka)

The Queen's Indian Defence by Michael Roiz (twarda okładka)

Okładka miękka. Język angielski, diagramy szachowe. The Queens Indian Defence is one of the most reliable defences against 1.d4, and features in the repertoires of many of the worlds top players. Black develops with a solid pawn structure and uses his pieces to put dynamic pressure on Whites pawn centre. GM Michael Roiz supplies an elite repertoire built upon sound positional principles, offering active piece play and a fight for the initiative. In this companion volume to the authors highly-regarded

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The Queen's Indian Defence by Michael Roiz (miękka okładka)

The Queen's Indian Defence by Michael Roiz (miękka okładka)

Okładka miękka. Język angielski, diagramy szachowe. The Queens Indian Defence is one of the most reliable defences against 1.d4, and features in the repertoires of many of the worlds top players. Black develops with a solid pawn structure and uses his pieces to put dynamic pressure on Whites pawn centre. GM Michael Roiz supplies an elite repertoire built upon sound positional principles, offering active piece play and a fight for the initiative. In this companion volume to the authors highly-regarded

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The Nimzo-Indian Defence by Michael Roiz

The Nimzo-Indian Defence by Michael Roiz

Wydanie w miękkiej okładce, wersja językowa - angielska. The Nimzo-Indian Defence has been one of the most trusted defences against 1.d4 ever since its conception a century ago. It has been used in World Championship matches by Fischer, Karpov, Kasparov, Kramnik, Anand and Carlsen. The Nimzo-Indian combines fast development with a solid pawn structure and great flexibility, which is why champions with such varied styles all gravitated towards it. This book supplies an elite repertoire built upon posit

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Yearbook 120: Chess Opening News (HC)

Yearbook 120: Chess Opening News (HC)

Forum The Forum Section features new theoretical contributions by, among others, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Evegni Najer, Karsten Müller, Frank Erwich and A.C. van der Tak. Columns In his column Repertoire Building with Benjamin, the American GM continues his treatment of the highly important position type with an isolated queens pawn. In Kuzmins Harvest, Alexey Kuzmin explains Vladimir Kramniks Opening Philosophy. Reviews Glenn Flear reviews three new books: Bologan's Ruy Lopez for Black (New In Chess

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Yearbook 120: Chess Opening News

Yearbook 120: Chess Opening News

Forum The Forum Section features new theoretical contributions by, among others, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Evegni Najer, Karsten Müller, Frank Erwich and A.C. van der Tak. Columns In his column Repertoire Building with Benjamin, the American GM continues his treatment of the highly important position type with an isolated queens pawn. In Kuzmins Harvest, Alexey Kuzmin explains Vladimir Kramniks Opening Philosophy. Reviews Glenn Flear reviews three new books: Bologan's Ruy Lopez for Black (New In Chess

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Opening Simulator - King's Indian Defence by Esben Lund and Andreas Skytte Hagen (twarda okładka)

Opening Simulator - King's Indian Defence by Esben Lund and Andreas Skytte Hagen (twarda okładka)

Wersja językowa książki - angielska. The Kings Indian Defence is a popular opening at all levels. Fischer, Kasparov, Bronstein, Nunn, Radjabov and Nakamura are just a few of the many leading GMs who have played it successfully. Opening Simulator is a new and innovative approach to studying the opening, based on the Deliberate Practice concept. Rather than presenting moves and variations, the authors offer a 'read, solve and play' approach which is designed to replicate a real game more closely than ot

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Opening Simulator - King's Indian Defence by Esben Lund and Andreas Skytte Hagen (miękka okładka)

Opening Simulator - King's Indian Defence by Esben Lund and Andreas Skytte Hagen (miękka okładka)

Wersja językowa książki - angielska. The Kings Indian Defence is a popular opening at all levels. Fischer, Kasparov, Bronstein, Nunn, Radjabov and Nakamura are just a few of the many leading GMs who have played it successfully. Opening Simulator is a new and innovative approach to studying the opening, based on the Deliberate Practice concept. Rather than presenting moves and variations, the authors offer a 'read, solve and play' approach which is designed to replicate a real game more closely than ot

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The Nimzo-Indian Defence by Michael Roiz (miękka okładka)

The Nimzo-Indian Defence by Michael Roiz (miękka okładka)

Wydanie w miękkiej okładce, wersja językowa - angielska. The Nimzo-Indian Defence has been one of the most trusted defences against 1.d4 ever since its conception a century ago. It has been used in World Championship matches by Fischer, Karpov, Kasparov, Kramnik, Anand and Carlsen. The Nimzo-Indian combines fast development with a solid pawn structure and great flexibility, which is why champions with such varied styles all gravitated towards it. This book supplies an elite repertoire built upon posit

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Yearbook 119: Chess Opening News (HC)

Yearbook 119: Chess Opening News (HC)

Forum The Forum Section features new theoretical contributions by, among others, Bogdan Lalic and Vishnu Prasanna. Columns In his column Repertoire Building with Benjamin, the American GM continues his treatment of the highly important position type with an isolated queens pawn. In Kuzmins Harvest, Alexey Kuzmin highlights the most important opening novelties in the Candidates Tournament in Moscow. Reviews Glenn Flear reviews three repertoire books: The Open Games with Black by Martin Lokander (

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Yearbook 119: Chess Opening News

Yearbook 119: Chess Opening News

Forum The Forum Section features new theoretical contributions by, among others, Bogdan Lalic and Vishnu Prasanna. Columns In his column Repertoire Building with Benjamin, the American GM continues his treatment of the highly important position type with an isolated queens pawn. In Kuzmins Harvest, Alexey Kuzmin highlights the most important opening novelties in the Candidates Tournament in Moscow. Reviews Glenn Flear reviews three repertoire books: The Open Games with Black by Martin Lokander (

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King's Indian 2 by Gawain Jones (twarda okładka) King's Indian 2  - Gawain Jones (Quality Chess)

King's Indian 2 by Gawain Jones (twarda okładka) King's Indian 2 - Gawain Jones (Quality Chess)

Wydanie w twardej okładce, wersja językowa angielska.   Kings Indian 2 is the concluding volume of a complete repertoire for Black. GM Gawain Jones is the ideal guide, as a world-class player and longstanding expert on the Kings Indian. This book version of Joness Chessable course has been extensively edited and reorganized by Quality Chess. Volume 1 analysed the main lines after 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6. This book picks up where the previous one left off, showing how to defang the Averbakh

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King's Indian 2 by Gawain Jones (miękka okładka) King's Indian 2  - Gawain Jones (Quality Chess)

King's Indian 2 by Gawain Jones (miękka okładka) King's Indian 2 - Gawain Jones (Quality Chess)

Wydanie w miękkiej okładce, wersja językowa angielska.   Kings Indian 2 is the concluding volume of a complete repertoire for Black. GM Gawain Jones is the ideal guide, as a world-class player and longstanding expert on the Kings Indian. This book version of Joness Chessable course has been extensively edited and reorganized by Quality Chess. Volume 1 analysed the main lines after 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6. This book picks up where the previous one left off, showing how to defang the Averbak

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Small Steps to Giant Improvement by Sam Shankland (miękka okładka)

Small Steps to Giant Improvement by Sam Shankland (miękka okładka)

Książka wydana w języku angielskim. Miękka okładka.   In chess you cannot take your move back, but you can always return a misplaced piece to its former square at the cost of some time. Pawns on the other hand can never move backwards, making pawn moves truly permanent decisions. This irreversibility makes Pawn Play among the most difficult aspects of chess strategy, which is one reason few books have been written about this topic – and some that have are almost incomprehensible. Double Olympiad go

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