Dismantling The Sicilian

Author : Jesus de la Villa,Max Illingworth
Publisher : New In Chess
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2017-11-13
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9789056917531

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Dismantling the Sicilian by Jesus de la Villa,Max Illingworth Pdf

This a completely new edition, updated and extended from the original 2009 publication. It includes important changes in the basic framework of the repertoire and presents lots of new ideas and hundreds of novelties. The Sicilian Defence is the most widely played chess opening, both at club level as well as among top grandmasters. Since Black gets dynamic play in almost all variations, Black players of all levels will probably continue to play the Sicilian for a long time to come. It has been difficult for White to obtain any advantage in Sicilian sidelines, and this book therefore presents a complete repertoire for White in the most important main lines: the Open Sicilians with 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3. Each variation is presented with its main ideas, its typical tactics and strategies, and with instructive games. The authors always summarize the most important features.

Author : Jesus de la Villa,Max Illingworth
Publisher : New In Chess,Csi
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2017-12-29
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9056917528

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Dismantling the Sicilian by Jesus de la Villa,Max Illingworth Pdf

The Sicilian Defence is the most widely played chess opening, both at club level as well as among grandmasters. It has been difficult for White to obtain any advantage in Sicilian sidelines, and this book therefore presents a complete repertoire for White in the most widely played main lines. 'Dismantling the Sicilian' is clearly organized, and each variation is presented with its main ideas, its typical tactics and strategies, and with instructive games. The authors always summarize the most important features. This a completely new edition, updated and extended from the original 2009 publication.

Author : Jesus De La Villa
Publisher : New In Chess,Csi
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Chess
ISBN : 9056912941

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Dismantling the Sicilian by Jesus De La Villa Pdf

The Sicilian Defense is by far the most popular chess opening, both at club level as well as with top grandmasters. Former Spanish Champion and succesful chess coach Jesus de la Villa presents a complete repertoire for White after 1.e4 c5 2. Nc3. Each variation is clearly organized with its history, ideas, statistics, examples of tactics and strategies, and instructive games. With frequent summaries of the material presented, this is an extremely accessible book for casual and improving chess players. Dismantling the Sicilian has never been easier.

Author : Metropolitan Chess,Larry Stevens,Zhanibek Amanov,Kostya Kavutskiy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2015-01-31
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0985628111

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Modernized by Metropolitan Chess,Larry Stevens,Zhanibek Amanov,Kostya Kavutskiy Pdf

Author : Jacob Aagaard,John Shaw
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2006-08
Category : Chess
ISBN : 9197524468

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Experts Vs. the Sicilian by Jacob Aagaard,John Shaw Pdf

The Sicilian Defense is the most popular chess opening at every level of tournament play. Here, a multinational line-up of leading experts gives recommendations against their own pet lines in the Sicilian Defense. The authors are all either Grandmasters or International Masters, and readers now have a complete guide to playing with White against the Sicilian.

Author : Charles Hertan
Publisher : New In Chess
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2018-06-20
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9789056917722

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Strike Like Judit! by Charles Hertan Pdf

Judit Polgar is the strongest female chess player of all time. From an early age on the Hungarian prodigy baffled the world with her sensational triumphs. At the age of 15 she beat Bobby Fischer’s record to become the youngest grandmaster in history. During her glorious career, which she ended in 2014, she defeated World Champions Boris Spassky, Anatoly Karpov, Garry Kasparov, Vishy Anand and Magnus Carlsen. To reach the 8th spot in the FIDE World Rankings (for men) and belong to the very best for many years, as Judit Polgar did, you obviously have to be a brilliant all-round chess player. Still, she will be first and foremost remembered for her attacking skills. Her electrifying combinations and tactical triumphs set her apart. As former U.S. Champion Joel Benjamin said after he lost to her: "She is a tiger at the chessboard. She absolutely has a killer instinct." Award-winning author Charles Hertan has revisited the gold mine of Judit Polgar’s games and selected her best and most instructive tactics. They are arranged by theme and presented with helpful explanations and lots of practical advice. You will be inspired by her clever traps, stunning sacrifices and cunning endgame tricks. You will learn from her tactical vision, calculating skills and counter-intuitive ideas. Strike Like Judit is a riveting guide that will help you win more games as you will find killer moves more easily and more quickly.

Author : Michael Dibdin
Publisher : Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2009-10-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307554741

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Blood Rain by Michael Dibdin Pdf

Aurelio Zen—cynical and tough, yet worn down from years of law enforcement—has just been given the worst assignment he could imagine. He has been sent to the heart of hostile territory: Sicily, the ancient, beautiful island where blood has been known to flow like wine, and the distinction between the police and the criminals is a fine one. Even worse, he has been sent to spy on the elite anti-Mafia squad.The only thing that makes the job palatable—and takes his mind off routine details like the rotting body found in a remote train car—is that Zen's adopted daughter, Carla, is also in town. But life becomes precarious for Carla when she stumbles upon some information she'd be better off not knowing and befriends a local magistrate on the Mafia's most wanted list. What ensues is a breakneck plot of amazing complexity that culminates in a stunning finale. Blood Rain, emotionally gripping and defiantly original, is surely one of Dibdin's finest works.

Author : Antonio Nicaso,Marcel Danesi
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2013-07-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781442222274

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Made Men by Antonio Nicaso,Marcel Danesi Pdf

The novel The Godfather (1969) and the movie of the same name (1972) entrenched the myth of the Mafiosi as valiant knights, men of honor, and defenders of the traditional concept of family. As a result of this movie and other popular portrayals, the image of mobsters as “men of honor and tradition” has become iconic throughout America. Yet the truth of the matter belies this more noble image. The Mafia is a ruthless organization. Their concept of family is a twisted one. But viewed through the lens of popular culture, it is often difficult to separate the fiction from the reality. Made Men demystifies this image by dismantling the code of honor that Mafiosi live by, including its attendant symbols, rituals, and the lifestyle that it demands. Since the end of World War II, the Mafia in Italy and America has undergone major changes, which are charted by the authors through the present day. Nicaso and Danesi also consider all kinds of related organizations, not only the Italian ones, including the Yakuza, the Triads, and the Russian Mafia. The authors look at organized criminal culture in general, attempting to explain why its symbols, rituals, and practices continue to draw people in, both as literal members, or as consumers of the pop culture that glorifies them. This story traces and decodes the origins, history and success of the mafia in the U.S., bringing a better, and more accurate understanding of this ultimately brutal, violent, and corrupting “family business.” It is a story that has rarely been told in this way, but which is believed, nonetheless, important to tell.

Author : Jurgen Kaufeld,Guido Kern
Publisher : New In Chess
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2015-01-10
Category : Games
ISBN : 9789056915322

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Grandmaster Chess Strategy by Jurgen Kaufeld,Guido Kern Pdf

What Amateurs Can Learn from Ulf Andersson's Positional Masterpieces One of the most effective ways to improve your chess is to take a world class-player as your example. By collecting his games, studying his choices and examining his style, you will understand what made him rise to the very top. This is what Guido Kern and Jurgen Kaufeld have done with Swedish chess legend Ulf Andersson, a positional genius with a crystal-clear style, who rose to the number 4 spot of the FIDE world rankings. Kaufeld and Kern have selected 80 of Andersson’s games and grouped them into 15 thematic strategy lessons, pinpointing exactly how the Swede made the difference in each case. Their instructive verbal explanations will improve your strategic skills and your positional feeling. Every chess player knows how difficult it can be to convert an advantage into a win. Positional technique is what you need and Grandmaster Chess Strategy teaches you exactly that. Throughout the book the authors have selected dozens of test positions at particularly instructive stages of the games.

Author : Alastair Bonnett
Publisher : Penguin Canada
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2014-07-08
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780143192060

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Unruly Places by Alastair Bonnett Pdf

Alastair Bonnett’s tour of the world’s most unlikely micro-nations, moving villages, secret cities, and no man’s lands shows us the modern world from surprising new vantage points, and is bound to inspire urban explorers, off-the-beaten-trail wanderers, and armchair travellers. He connects what we see on maps to what’s happening in the world by looking at the places that are hardest to pin down: inaccessible zones, improvised settlements, and multiple cities sharing the same space. Consider Hobyo, a real-life pirate capital on the coast of the Indian Ocean, or Sealand, an abandoned gun platform off the English coast that a British citizen claimed as his own sovereign nation, issuing passports and making his wife a princess. Or Sandy Island, which appeared on maps well into 2012, despite the fact that it never existed. Illustrated with original maps and drawings, Unruly Places gives readers a new way of understanding the places we occupy. It’s a stunning testament to how mysterious the world remains today.

Author : Jenny Diski
Publisher : Profile Books
Page : 151 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2010-07-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781847652508

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The Sixties by Jenny Diski Pdf

Many books have been written on the Sixties: tributes to music and fashion, sex, drugs and revolution. In The Sixties, Jenny Diski breaks the mould, wryly dismantling the big ideas that dominated the era - liberation, permissiveness and self-invention - to consider what she and her generation were really up to. Was it rude to refuse to have sex with someone? Did they take drugs to get by, or to see the world differently? How responsible were they for the self-interest and greed of the Eighties? With characteristic wit and verve, Diski takes an incisive look at the radical beliefs to which her generation subscribed, little realising they were often old ideas dressed up in new forms, sometimes patterned by BIBA. She considers whether she and her peers were as serious as they thought about changing the world, if the radical sixties were funded by the baby-boomers' parents, and if the big idea shaping the Sixties was that it really felt as if it meant something to be young.

Author : Timothy Taylor
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Chess
ISBN : 1857446844

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Slay the Sicilian! by Timothy Taylor Pdf

Former US Open Champion Timothy Taylor presents a repertoire for White against the most popular opening in chess – the Sicilian Defence. Taylor’s repertoire is based first and foremost on the Open Sicilian, which is regarded as White’s most ambitious and challenging response to the Sicilian. He focuses on the classical Be2 lines, which were popularized by the success of former World Champion and chess legend Anatoly Karpov. These lines are easy to learn and generally lead to solid positional play, but with a drop of poison. Taylor covers what to do against all the Sicilian variations. He examines the most important games, studies in depth the main plans and tactics for both sides, and highlights the key practical issues. Read this book and you will be ready to slay the Sicilian! *Presents a Sicilian repertoire for White *Covers all the main variations *Ideal for improvers, club players and tournament players

Author : John Emms
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 1857445880

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The Sicilian by John Emms Pdf

This is an updated and largely expanded edition of the highly acclaimed Starting Out: The Sicilian. John Emms goes back to basics, studying the fundamental principles of the Sicilian and its many variations.

Author : Delia Ephron
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2016-07-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781101621530

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Siracusa by Delia Ephron Pdf

An electrifying New York Times bestselling novel about marriage and deceit that follows two couples on vacation in Siracusa, a town on the coast of Sicily, where the secrets they have hidden from one another are exposed and relationships are unraveled. With her inimitable psychological astuteness and uncanny understanding of the human heart, Ephron delivers a powerful meditation on marriage, friendship, and the meaning of travel. Set on the sun-drenched coast of the Ionian Sea, Siracusa unfolds with the pacing of a psychological thriller and delivers an unexpected final act that none will see coming. One of People Magazine’s Top 10 Books • A Washington Post Bestseller • A Los Angeles Times Bestseller • A USA Today Bestseller • One of Vulture’s 100 Greatest Beach Books Ever • A People Magazine Summer Reading Pick • One of Elle, InStyle, and Marie Claire’s Best of July • A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2016 (Fiction)

Author : Victor Bologan
Publisher : New In Chess
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2015-04-28
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9789056915230

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The Powerful Catalan by Victor Bologan Pdf

The Catalan is a solid yet flexible chess opening system that is popular on all levels. Both amateurs and top-level strategists such as Vladimir Kramnik and Vishy Anand employ this opening to put a lot of unpleasant pressure on Black. In The Powerful Catalan grandmaster Victor Bologan presents a complete repertoire for White that covers all of Black’s responses. Also included are those variations where Black tries to steer the game into other openings like the Queen’s Indian or the Tarrasch Defence. The book is classically structured (starting with the rarest variations before moving on to the most popular ones) and contains original analysis of many recent tournament games. Bologan’s clearly formulated verbal explanations are essential for a good understanding of the strategic plans and the tactical themes of the Catalan. ,