The Petroff Move By Move

Author : Cyrus Lakdawala
Publisher : Everyman Chess
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-27
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9781781942598

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The Petroff: Move by Move by Cyrus Lakdawala Pdf

This series provides an ideal platform to study chess openings. By continually challenging the reader to answer probing questions throughout the book, the Move by Move format greatly encourages the learning and practising of vital skills just as much as the traditional assimilation of opening knowledge. Carefully selected questions and answers are designed to keep you actively involved and allow you to monitor your progress as you learn. This is an excellent way to study any chess opening and at the same time improve your general chess skills and knowledge. The Petroff Defence is a solid and reliable way to meet 1 e4. It has a strong reputation and has been employed regularly by many grandmasters, most notably former world champions Anatoly Karpov and Vladimir Kramnik. By choosing counterattack instead of defence as early as the second move, Black immediately avoids many favourite weapons for White, including the Ruy Lopez, Italian Game, Scotch Game and a number of daunting gambits. This practical advantage for those playing Black in the Open Games cannot be underestimated. In this book, International Master Cyrus Lakdawala invites you to join him in studying all the important lines in the Petroff. Using illustrative games, he explains the main positional and tactical ideas for both sides, provides answers to all the key questions and tells you everything you need to know about successfully playing the Petroff Defence. Essential guidance and training with the PetroffProvides repertoire options for BlackUtilizes an ideal approach to chess study

Author : Cyrus Lakdawala
Publisher : Everyman Chess
Page : 542 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2019-08-18
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9781781945407

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Opening Repertoire: The Petroff Defence by Cyrus Lakdawala Pdf

The Petroff Defence has traditionally been regarded as a reliable defensive mechanism to counter the aggressive 1 e4. It also has a reputation for being one of the most drawish of all openings and a choice that Black only makes when content to achieve a draw. However, in recent years, this has all changed. A new generation of players, spearheaded by the 2018 World Championship challenger, Fabiano Caruana (whose qualification route was built heavily around the Petroff), are re-interpreting this ancient defence. While recognising the impressive solidity of the Petroff they are honing it into a fine counter-attacking weapon. Opening Repertoire: The Petroff Defence examines all aspects of this highly complex opening and provides the reader with well-researched, fresh, and innovative analysis. Each annotated game has valuable lessons on how to play the opening and contains instructive commentary on typical middlegame plans. The suggested lines for Black are based around the very latest games and analsysis. * A complete repetoire for Black in the Petroff Defence. * A question and answer approach provides an excellent study method.

Author : Konstantin Sakaev,Evgeni Ermenkov
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9548782847

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The Petroff by Konstantin Sakaev,Evgeni Ermenkov Pdf

Author : Cyrus Lakdawala
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Chess
ISBN : 1857446933

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The Four Knights by Cyrus Lakdawala Pdf

The Four Knights is an opening with a long and distinguished history. Despite its deceptively quiet appearance, it can lead to extremely sharp play as well as more strategic battles in the main lines.

Author : Swapnil Dhopade
Publisher : Quality Chess
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2020-07-15
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 1784831050

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Playing the Petroff by Swapnil Dhopade Pdf

The Petroff Defence is universally recognized as one of Black's soundest responses to 1.e4, having been tried and tested by a host of World Champions and other elite players. This book shows how you too can harness the power of this top-class opening.Playing the Petroff offers an ideal solution for practical players. GM Swapnil Dhopade presents a compact yet bulletproof repertoire for Black, drawing on the games of leading Petroff specialists such as Gelfand, Caruana and Kramnik. This book also provides guidance on how to deal with 1.e4 e5 games where White avoids 2.Nf3, with particular focus on 'Anti-Petroff ' lines such as 2.Bc4.If you want a world-class repertoire but lack a world-class memory, this is the book for you.

Author : Alex Raetsky,Maxim Chetverik
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2005-03-01
Category : Games
ISBN : 1857443780

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Petroff Defence by Alex Raetsky,Maxim Chetverik Pdf

The Petroff Defence is considered as one of Black's most reliable methods of meeting the king's pawn opening. By counterattacking as early as move two, Black avoids the hazards of having to face lines such as the Scotch Opening, the Italian Game and the 'Spanish torture' of the Ruy Lopez. An early breach of a central file together with active piece play for both sides characterizes the Petroff as a typical king's pawn opening. Until a few years ago, the Petroff opening was favored only by a few top Grandmasters, including Anatoly Karpov and Artur Yusupov. However, the last few years have seen a dramatic rise in its popularity, and it now provides battlefields for many clashes of the modern elite players, including Kasparov, Kramnik, Anand, Leko, Topalov and England's Michael Adams. This is bound to have a positive effect on its popularity at club level. In this book, openings experts Alexander Raetsky and Maxim Chetverik study the typical plans and tactics for both White and Black in this complex opening. Using illustrative games, the authors provide up-to-date coverage of a line that has experienced a major overhaul in the last decade. *Written by renowned opening theoreticians *Ideal for club and tournament players *All main lines are covered *Provides everything you need to know to play the opening with confidence

Author : Gyozo Forintos,Ervin Haag
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1992-03-05
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9780020285618

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Petroff's Defense (Tournament) by Gyozo Forintos,Ervin Haag Pdf

An excellent practical opening for club and tournament players alike, learn the strategies behind Petroff’s Defense in this guide from a duo of elite chess players. In this completely revised and rewritten edition of the 1983 original, learn new techniques and tactics from the same trusted authors. The earlier edition of the Petroff has been enriched by the introduction of many new tactical variations, often involving castling on opposite sides, making it an ideal weapon for the counter-attacking player. The Petroff Defense shares tips on an opening move that is reliable at the highest levels and a favorite of such great players as Anatoly Karpov, Jan Timman, and Artur Yusupov. With all the important variations covered in depth with many new suggestions and improvements from Gyözö Forintos and Ervin Haag, this book is sure to lead to conversation among those with adventurous ideas over the many unexplored areas of this move.

Author : Lasha Janjgava
Publisher : Gambit Publications
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2001-08-29
Category : Chess
ISBN : 1901983463

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The Petroff by Lasha Janjgava Pdf

The Petroff has long been regarded as a very solid defense. Black avoids the perils of the Scotch, the Italian Game and, above all, the dreaded Ruy Lopez, and instead opts to neutralize White's initiative with active piece play. In the Petroff, it is quite common for Black to launch an early counterattack, often gambiting a pawn to do so. For many years the Petroff enjoyed a steady following, but since 1998, after its adoption by Vladimir Kramnik, who has played it regularly and considerably reinforced its theoretical standing, its popularity soared. In this book, Janjgava gives a complete and detailed picture of the Petroff, taking recent developments fully into account. Readers will be fully equipped to take on either side of the Petroff with confidence in their own games.

Author : Carsten Hansen,Cyrus Lakdawala
Publisher : CarstenChess
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-27
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9788793812321

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The Smyslov Workbook by Carsten Hansen,Cyrus Lakdawala Pdf

In this book, the authors aim to assist the reader in becoming better at finding combinations, constructing plans, and calculating long, forcing variations. For the purpose of instruction, the material is based on the output of former World Champion Vassily Smyslov (1921-2010), using his endgame compositions from various works and publications as well as several of his practical endgames from games from tournaments and matches throughout his career against players such as Mikhail Botvinnik, Paul Keres, Bent Larsen, Efim Geller, Tigran Petrosian, and several other world-class players

Author : Carsten Hansen,Cyrus Lakdawala
Publisher : CarstenChess
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2022-04-13
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9788793812666

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Magnus Carlsen's Norwegian Rat by Carsten Hansen,Cyrus Lakdawala Pdf

A fun & tricky ambush weapon for Black against 1.e4? In this book, the authors cover the exciting 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Nf6!? which players like Magnus Carlsen, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Richard Rapport, and other strong players have used with powerful effect to drag White players out of their comfort zones into Black's domain. The authors are pulling games from many resources, including their own experiments with the opening to illustrate how it is possible to beat titled players right out of the opening by shocking White's system and beliefs.

Author : Cyrus Lakdawala
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2019-01-24
Category : Chess
ISBN : 1781945071

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Opening Repertoire by Cyrus Lakdawala Pdf

One of the world's most prolific chess authors provides a reliable repertoire for Black players facing the most common opening move, 1 e4.

Author : Or Cohen
Publisher : New In Chess
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2014-05-22
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9789056915247

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A Vigorous Chess Opening Repertoire for Black by Or Cohen Pdf

In amateur chess games, the most popular opening move for White is 1.e4, and the most reliable reply for Black is 1..e5, says FIDE Master Or Cohen. In this book, Cohen has created a vibrant and robust opening repertoire for Black after 1…e5, based on the Petroff Defence. Cohen presents inventive ways for Black to fight for the initiative in this dependable opening. He covers the entire spectrum, the main variations as well as the most unexpected and bizarre sidelines. In case White does not allow the Petroff, Cohen offers a set of recommendations for Black that is no less important and principled; his repertoire against the Vienna and the King’s Gambit, for example, is new and explosive. Most amateur White players faced with the Petroff will think that they will have an easy time, based on the peaceful reputation of this great opening among top grandmasters. Black players who have studied Or Cohen’s book will make their life quite miserable. ,

Author : Andrew Martin
Publisher : Everyman Chess
Page : 574 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2019-09-22
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9781781944301

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First Steps The King’s Indian Defence by Andrew Martin Pdf

The King’s Indian Defence is one of the great classical counter-attacking openings. The most aggressive world champions (including Mikhail Tal, Bobby Fischer and Garry Kasparov) have all scored brilliant knockout victories with this opening. In this book the highly experienced coach international master Andrew Martin explains the basic ideas behind all the different variations that occur after 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 g6 3 Nc3 Bg7 4 e4 d6. The focus on strategic elements such as pawn structures, attacking plans and typical piece manouevres allows the reader to quickly gain an excellent feel for this complex opening. First Steps is an opening series that is ideal for improving players who want simple and straightforward explanations. First Steps emphasizes: * the basic principles * the basic strategies * the key tricks and traps First Steps books are based around carefully selected instructive games which demonstrate exactly what both sides are trying to achieve. There is enough theory to enable the improving player to get to grips with the opening without feeling overwhelmed. If you want to take up a new opening, First Steps is the ideal place to start.

Author : Christof Sielecki
Publisher : New In Chess
Page : 677 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2018-12-15
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9789056918064

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Keep it Simple: 1.e4 by Christof Sielecki Pdf

Why is this repertoire called simple? For the simple reason that the variations are straightforward, easy to remember and require little or no maintenance. International Master Christof Sielecki has created a reliable set of lines for chess players of almost all levels. The major objective is to dominate Black in the opening, by simple means. You don’t need to sacrifice anything or memorize long tactical lines. Unless Black plays something stupid, when tactics are the simplest punishment. Sielecki developed this repertoire working with students who were looking for something that was easy to understand and to learn. Most of the lines he selected are occasionally played by grandmasters, but on the whole they lie outside the mainstream of opening theory. That means that there is hardly any need to monitor theoretical developments. Sielecki always clearly explains the plans and counterplans and keeps you focussed on what the position requires. Ambitious players rated 1500 or higher will get great value out of studying this extremely accessible book.

Author : Cyrus Lakdawala
Publisher : Everyman Chess
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-27
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9781781942741

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Fischer: Move by Move by Cyrus Lakdawala Pdf

Bobby Fischer is a legendary chess figure, and many consider him to be the greatest chess player of all time. Fischer was a child prodigy who later developed into a phenomenal force. During his peak years he dominated his nearest rivals in a manner that had previously never been seen. Fischer achieved his goal of becoming World Champion after beating Boris Spassky in their ‘Match of the Century’ in 1972, an epic contest which did more than anything else to popularize the game throughout the world. In this book, former American Open Champion Cyrus Lakdawala studies his favourite Fischer games. Lakdawala examines Fischer’s renowned skills in attack, defence, counterattack, exploiting imbalances, dynamic elements, accumulating advantages and endgame play. Move by Move provides an ideal platform to study chess. By continually challenging the reader to answer probing questions throughout the book, the Move by Move format greatly encourages the learning and practising of vital skills just as much as the traditional assimilation of knowledge. Carefully selected questions and answers are designed to keep you actively involved and allow you to monitor your progress as you learn. This is an excellent way to improve your chess skills and knowledge.