There are hundreds of opening books available, full of deep analysis, but many of them fail to explain the reasons for choosing one computer line over another. And how top players distinguish between good and bad opening lines remains a mystery to most of the chess world. Grandmaster Opening Preparation addresses such questions as how to balance computer preparation with human considerations, along with a wealth of practical advice on how to go about building the opening repertoire which is right for you. The book also provides an in-depth treatment of the evolution in understanding of Isolated Queen’s Pawn positions, which will enable the reader to become more effective in a multitude of openings, with either colour.
CHESS INFORMANT’S 135th ADVENTURE
FRESHER THAN EVER
CONTENTS:
2018 GIBRALTAR CHESS FESTIVAL GM Richárd Rapport
LADIES IN GIBRALTAR WGM Aleksandra Dimitrijević
CHESS IN THE FAST LANE GM Baadur Jobava
BATTLE FOR THE CROWN IN ARABIA Jan-Krzysztof Duda & Kamil Mitoń
THE UNFAITHFUL QUEEN GM Mihail Marin
A NEW APPROACH TO THE ENGLISH OPENING GM Ivan Ivanišević
EXCHANGE SLAV GM Aleksander Delchev
MASTERING THE TRANSITION INTO THE PAWN ENDING GM Miloš Perunović
OUTPLAY YOUR OPPONENT IN CALM WATERS GM Robert Markuš
CORRESPONDENCE CHESS ICCF GM Leonardo Ljubičić & IM Srđan Šale
THE BEST OF CHESS INFORMANT – Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Traditional sections: games, combinations, endings, problems, Tournaments review, the best game from the preceding volume and the most important theoretical novelty from the preceding volume.
The periodical that pros use with pleasure is at the same time a must have publication for all serious chess students!
Christian tackles one of the most important issues in chess: how to select candidate moves. He illustrates and discusses many different themes such as: > entering relatively uncharted territory > replying on your acquired knowledge > using intuition > play prophylactically
In this, his penultimate work, legendary chess instructor Mark Dvoretsky (1947-2016) explores identifying and dealing with problems on the chessboard.