Winning Pawn Play in the Indian Defense

Winning Pawn Play in the Indian Defense

 The King#8217;s 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 King#8217;s 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 Nimzowitsch#8217;s neglected idea of the #8220;qualitative pawn majority#8221; serves as the basic compass in the author#8217;s systematic exploration of the plans available to both White and Black, showing how typical Indian pawn formations suggest each player#8217;s 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 king#8217;s 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 De

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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 positional

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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 gold medalli

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

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

Książka wydana w języku angielskim. Twarda 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 gold medalli

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

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

Wydanie w twardej okładce, wersja językowa angielska. King#8217;s 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 King#8217;s Indian. This book version of Jones#8217;s 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 th

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

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

Wydanie w miękkiej okładce, wersja językowa angielska. King#8217;s 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 King#8217;s Indian. This book version of Jones#8217;s 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 t

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Wojo's Weapons: Winning With White, Volume 3

Wojo's Weapons: Winning With White, Volume 3

The final, and eagerly awaited, volume of the series will complete the opening repertoire for White according to Wojo.The Grünfeld is one of the most topical openings in modern chess practice. Many club players fear it, and top GMs often struggle to get an advantage when facing it as White. But is it really a theoretically sound defense? In this third and final volume of the acclaimed Wojo#8217;s Weapons series, IM Dean Ippolito and NM Jonathan Hilton claim to have found a sure route to an advantage again

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Positional Decision Making in Chess by Boris Gelfand (twarda okładka)

Positional Decision Making in Chess by Boris Gelfand (twarda okładka)

Wersja językowa książki - angielska.Positional Decision Making in Chess offers a rare look into the mind of a top grandmaster. In his efforts to explain his way of thinking, Boris Gelfandfocuses on such topics as the squeeze, space advantage, the transformation of pawn structures and the transformation of advantages. Based on examples from his own games and those of his hero, Akiba Rubinstein, Gelfand explains how he thinks during the game.Grandmaster Boris Gelfand won the European Junior Championship in

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King's Indian 1 by Gawain Jones

King's Indian 1 by Gawain Jones

Książka wydana w języku angielskim. Diagramy i symbole szachowe. Miękka okładka.The King#8217;s Indian is the ideal response to 1.d4 to combine dynamic counterattacking play with complete theoretical soundness. A past favourite of both Fischer and Kasparov, it continues to perform well at the highest levels of modern chess.King#8217;s Indian 1 is the first of two books presenting a complete repertoire for Black. GM Gawain Jones is the perfect guide, being both a world-class player and a longstanding exper

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King's Indian Warfare by Ilya Smirin (miękka okładka)

King's Indian Warfare by Ilya Smirin (miękka okładka)

Wydanie w miękkiej okładce, wersja językowa - angielska.King#8217;s Indian Warfare is a practical guide to the most dynamic and ambitious defence against 1.d4. Learn to play the King#8217;s Indian like a world-class attacker from a life-long expert. Inside Smirin annotates his best games in the King#8217;s Indian, explaining his successes, including his mini-match of four games over a decade against former World Champion Vladimir Kramnik, which Smirin won 2½–1½. From sacrificial feasts to positional maste

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Experts on the Anti-Sicilian by Jacob Aagaard John Shaw (editors) (twarda okładka)

Experts on the Anti-Sicilian by Jacob Aagaard John Shaw (editors) (twarda okładka)

Wersja językowa książki - angielska. Twarda okładka. The Sicilian Defense, 1.e4 c5, is one of the popular chess openings. In this book several chess grandmasters present state-of-the-art analysis of lines where White meets the Sicilian by avoiding the Open variations. The editors,  2007 British Champion GM Jacob Aagaard and three-time Scottish Champion GM John Shaw, have recruited a line-up of strong chess grandmasters to share their expert opinions both on how to play the Sicilian Defense and how to play

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King's Indian 1 by Gawain Jones (twarda okładka)

King's Indian 1 by Gawain Jones (twarda okładka)

Książka wydana w języku angielskim. Diagramy i symbole szachowe. Twarda okładka.The King#8217;s Indian is the ideal response to 1.d4 to combine dynamic counterattacking play with complete theoretical soundness. A past favourite of both Fischer and Kasparov, it continues to perform well at the highest levels of modern chess.King#8217;s Indian 1 is the first of two books presenting a complete repertoire for Black. GM Gawain Jones is the perfect guide, being both a world-class player and a longstanding exper

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Beating the Hedgehog System by Hanna Gal, Laszlo Hazai

Beating the Hedgehog System by Hanna Gal, Laszlo Hazai

Okładka: miękkaWersja językowa: angielskaIlość stron: 176 Do you struggle to score against the Hedgehog and find it difficult to break the Black fortress? This opening manual, which could double as a positional middlegame manual, will show you how White can use a space advantage in this chess opening with maximum results.The Hedgehog System, a personal favourite of many club players, is important to understand for all White players as the positions are near-universal. They can arise from the English Openi

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Kotronias on the King's Indian Mar del Plata I (hardcover) by Vassilios Kotronias

Kotronias on the King's Indian Mar del Plata I (hardcover) by Vassilios Kotronias

Książka wydana w języku angielskim, twarda okładka.The King#8217;s Indian Defence is one of Black#8217;s most dynamic and aggressive responses to 1.d4. A favourite weapon of both Fischer and Kasparov, it remains a popular choice at all levels of play.In this, the second volume of the Kotronias on the King#8217;s Indian series, grandmaster Vassilios Kotronias turns his attention to the main line of the famous Mar del Plata variation, which arises after the opening moves 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4

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Kotronias on the King's Indian Mar del Plata I by Vassilios Kotronias (miękka okładka)

Kotronias on the King's Indian Mar del Plata I by Vassilios Kotronias (miękka okładka)

Książka wydana w języku angielskim, miękka okładka.The King#8217;s Indian Defence is one of Black#8217;s most dynamic and aggressive responses to 1.d4. A favourite weapon of both Fischer and Kasparov, it remains a popular choice at all levels of play.In this, the second volume of the Kotronias on the King#8217;s Indian series, grandmaster Vassilios Kotronias turns his attention to the main line of the famous Mar del Plata variation, which arises after the opening moves 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5

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Grandmaster Repertoire - 1.e4 vs The Sicilian I (hardcover) by Parimarjan Negi

Grandmaster Repertoire - 1.e4 vs The Sicilian I (hardcover) by Parimarjan Negi

Książka wydana w języku angielskim, twarda okładka.Ever since its inception in 2008, the Grandmaster Repertoire series has produced some of the world#8217;s best opening books, but an elite repertoire with 1.e4 has always been missing – until now.In this, the second volume of the Grandmaster Repertoire – 1.e4 series, Indian superstar Parimarjan Negi tackles the fearsome Sicilian Najdorf, presenting his own world-class repertoire with 6.Bg5. Building on a foundation of tried-and-tested main lines, the

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