Winning With The Petroff

Author : Anatoly Karpov
Publisher : B. T. Batsford Limited
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Chess
ISBN : 0713467991

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Winning with the Petroff by Anatoly Karpov Pdf

Until recently, Petroff's Defence has always been regarded as a safe and solid way for Black to play for equality in the opening. Now, however, its reputation has been completely transformed and it features in the arsenal of some of the world's attacking players who have introduced a wealth of aggressive new ideas for Black. Using illustrative games to explain all the new ideas, this book gives unique insights into the Petroff Defence and into Karpov's new opening preparation.

Author : Swapnil Dhopade
Publisher : Quality Chess
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 53,8 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 : Or Cohen
Publisher : New In Chess
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 50,6 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 : Cyrus Lakdawala
Publisher : Everyman Chess
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2024-07-01
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 : Alex Raetsky,Maxim Chetverik
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 46,8 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 : Cyrus Lakdawala
Publisher : Everyman Chess
Page : 542 pages
File Size : 48,8 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 : 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 : Nikolai Kalinichenko
Publisher : New In Chess
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2018-04-09
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9789056917630

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Winning in the Chess Opening by Nikolai Kalinichenko Pdf

Every chess player loves to win early in the opening. However you should never lose sight of the most important objective of your opening play: the proper development of your pawns and pieces. That is why this book is more than just an enjoyable collection of traps and tricks. Prolific Russian chess author Nikolai Kalinichenko has collected 700 brilliant miniatures, topical games from a wide variety of players, from World Champions to amateurs. They are selected for their instructional value, and not merely to highlight blunders or accidents. In his notes Kalinichenko always explains the ideas and plans behind the opening and how play could have been improved. The games are arranged by opening, so the book can be used as a manual. Playing through these exciting games is not just highly enjoyable but will also teach you how to recognize opportunities to ambush your opponent in the first 20 moves. And, reversely, how to avoid such pitfalls in the opening. With the ideas presented in this well-organized book, the adventurous player will certainly win more games, and more rapidly!

Author : Konstantin Sakaev,Evgeni Ermenkov
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9548782847

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The Petroff by Konstantin Sakaev,Evgeni Ermenkov Pdf

Author : Ivan Sokolov
Publisher : New In Chess
Page : 562 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2024-01-30
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9789083382739

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Winning Chess Middlegames by Ivan Sokolov Pdf

Have you ever wondered why it takes grandmasters just seconds to see what's happening in a chess position? It's all about pawn structures, as Ivan Sokolov explained in his groundbreaking book Winning Chess Middlegames. In his 2010 bestseller, Grandmaster Sokolov focused on structures arising from 1.d4 openings; in this new companion guide, 1.e4 players get their turn. This new volume covers a dozen topical structures including various pawn formations in the flexible Ruy Lopez, Italian and Petroff openings. But also Black's doubled f-pawn in the Rauzer Sicilian, the notorious Maroczy Bind, the mysterious Hedgehog, the versatile Sveshnikov and the paradoxical French Winawer. Deeply analysed top-level games illustrate the motifs in all these structures. Club players who study Winning Chess Middlegames 1.e4 or 1.d4 will: significantly improve their middlegame skills develop an accurate sense of which positions suit their style gain new strategic and practical knowledge of openings Ivan Sokolov's analysis is profound but accessible, and he doesn't take anything for granted. As reviewer Sean Marsh wrote of the first volume: "The lucid and informative explanations convey a large amount of genuine Grandmasterly wisdom. This is easily one of the best middlegame books of recent times."

Author : Bryan Petroff,Douglas Quint
Publisher : Clarkson Potter
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2015-04-28
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 9780385345613

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Big Gay Ice Cream by Bryan Petroff,Douglas Quint Pdf

Welcome to Big Gay Ice Cream’s debut cookbook, a yearbook of ice cream accomplishments—all the recipes you need to create delicious frozen treats. • New to making ice cream at home? Never fear—freshman year starts off simple with store-bought toppings and shopping lists for the home ice cream parlor. • Sophomore year kicks it up a notch with tasty sauces and crunchy toppings. • Junior year puts your new skills to work with shakes, floats, and sundaes inspired by some of Big Gay Ice Cream’s top-selling treats, including, of course, the Salty Pimp. • In Senior year, get serious with outrageously delicious sorbets and ice cream recipes. Along the way, you can enjoy Bryan and Doug’s stranger-than-fiction stories, cheeky humor, vibrant photography and illustrations, and plenty of culinary and celebrity cameos (including an introduction by Headmaster Anthony Bourdain).

Author : Vassilios Kotronias
Publisher : SCB Distributors
Page : 684 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2020-11-16
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9781949859218

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The Modern Spanish by Vassilios Kotronias Pdf

Two Solid, Strategically Complex Ways to Meet the Spanish! The Breyer and Zaitsev Variations of the Ruy Lopez are two of the most dynamic lines played today. Examining them from both White and Black’s point of view, Greek grandmaster Vassilios Kotronias discusses their strengths, weaknesses and presents suggested improvements where necessary. The Breyer Variation of the Ruy Lopez is the brainchild of Hungarian hypermodern Gyula Breyer. He suggested the paradoxical knight retreat 9...Nb8 early in the 20th century. Although its soundness has been confirmed in many grandmaster games for over a century, there is surprisingly little which has been written about it. This book has just changed all that. The Zaitsev Variation was one of Anatoly Karpov’s workhorses in his title matches against Garry Kasparov. Formulated by the brilliant theoretician Igor Zaitsev, it can be found in the repertoires of some of the leading grandmasters of our era. As the author notes in his introduction, this is an objective presentation of two excellent opening variations for Black, from which players sitting on either side of the board may profit. The play is strategically complex, tactically rich and will improve you as both a player and connoisseur of the game. Kotronias’ clear writing style, coupled with in depth analysis, makes for a splendid opening manual on two of the most topical – and solid – variations of the Ruy Lopez. Vasilios Kotronias has managed to not only teach us (myself included) some important theory and practice of the Breyer and Zaitsev Systems, but also broaden our horizons to our approach to chess in general. His explanations are quite clear and the lines he provides are logical and concrete. This new book is aimed for all ages and chess levels. Welcome to the fascinating world of Breyer and Zaitsev! – Alexei Shirov, from his Foreword

Author : Christian Bauer
Publisher : Gloucester Publishers Plc
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2007-02
Category : Chess
ISBN : 1857444361

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The Philidor Files by Christian Bauer Pdf

The Philidor is a dynamic and underrated answer to White's most popular opening move, 1 e4. Christian Bauer, himself a renowned Philidor expert, uncovers the secrets behind this intriguing opening. Using his own experience and other top-class Philidor games, Bauer identifies both the critical main lines and the tricky sidelines. He also examines the key tactical and strategic ideas for both White and Black, while highlighting crucial issues such as move-order options - a major weapon for the modern Grandmaster.

Author : Connor Mccoy
Publisher : Mahogany Publications
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2017-02-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Defending Freedom by Connor Mccoy Pdf

Following a daring rescue of thirteen children, an uncertain future awaits Thomas and Cheryl. Invading forces threaten their newfound sanctuary. A fight for freedom is inevitable. A fight for their lives is unavoidable. Will their combined skills and experience be enough to stave off the danger or will it only build a temporary barrier as the enemy forces close in on them? Keywords: EMP, emp survival, Post-Apocalyptic, EMP Fiction, survival books free, dystopian, EMP Apocalyptic Survival Fiction, End of the World Survival Fiction, SHTF Fiction, Post Apocalyptic Survival Fiction No Zombies, End of the World Survival Fiction, Prepper Survival Fiction, EMP Apocalyptic Survival Fiction, prepper fiction, post survival fiction

Author : Gyozo Forintos,Ervin Haag
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 53,8 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.