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Anyone who plays 1 e4 as White must be prepared not only for Black's main defences but also an assortment of less popular lines. These, when taken together, represent a significant percentage of the replies you can expect to meet when opening 1 e4. Dealing with these slightly offbeat variations is often a daunting task, especially since your opponents are likely to be specialists in these lines and therefore know them inside out.
This book provides the perfect solution. International Master Andrew Greet gets to grips with each of these tricky openings. He identifies how to exploit their weaknesses whilst avoiding their strengths, thus constructing a practical and dependable repertoire for White. This book covers everything a 1 e4 player needs to know about facing these defences. Written by a renowned opening expert, this book features full of original ideas and analysis. It is ideal for improvers, club players and tournament players.
* Written by a renowned opening expert
* Full of original ideas and analysis
* Ideal for improvers, club players and tournament players.
This book provides the perfect solution. International Master Andrew Greet gets to grips with each of these tricky openings. He identifies how to exploit their weaknesses whilst avoiding their strengths, thus constructing a practical and dependable repertoire for White. This book covers everything a 1 e4 player needs to know about facing these defences. Written by a renowned opening expert, this book features full of original ideas and analysis. It is ideal for improvers, club players and tournament players.
* Written by a renowned opening expert
* Full of original ideas and analysis
* Ideal for improvers, club players and tournament players.
About the Author
Andrew Greet is an International Master and a former British Junior Champion. His books have been widely praised for their depth and original analysis.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Beating Unusual chess defences: 1 e4 dealing with the Scandinavian, Pirc, Modern,
Alekhine and other tricky lines by Andrew Greet (Everyman Chess 2011). pb. FAN (figurine
algebraic notation). Cover price (cp) US $27.95/UK £16.99. pp. 304. Bibliography. Index of 62
complete games. This latest offering from the Glasgow-based IM comprises: Scandinavian,
3 Nf3 (65 pages), Modern, Austrian attack (46), Pirc, Austrian (44), Philidor 4 dxe5 & Czech
Pirc (37), Alekhine's, mainlines with Nf3 (66), Other Defences (19) 1 ... Nc6 2 Nf3, Owen's
(7), St George's (3) and North Sea/Borg (4).
I was not surprised to see this book, which deals with the less popular defences to 1 e4,
listed as the top-selling title for New in Chess. Offering a complete repertoire, Greet presents
a compelling case for studying the latest games with plenty of honest advice (`this has been
criticised by some commentators.') and clarity (`this is the only way for Black to justify this
opening ... a quick kill would have been...') and enthusiasm whilst time and again the word
principled crops up. Pleasantly free from quick fixes and wild gambits.
James Pratt
Alekhine and other tricky lines by Andrew Greet (Everyman Chess 2011). pb. FAN (figurine
algebraic notation). Cover price (cp) US $27.95/UK £16.99. pp. 304. Bibliography. Index of 62
complete games. This latest offering from the Glasgow-based IM comprises: Scandinavian,
3 Nf3 (65 pages), Modern, Austrian attack (46), Pirc, Austrian (44), Philidor 4 dxe5 & Czech
Pirc (37), Alekhine's, mainlines with Nf3 (66), Other Defences (19) 1 ... Nc6 2 Nf3, Owen's
(7), St George's (3) and North Sea/Borg (4).
I was not surprised to see this book, which deals with the less popular defences to 1 e4,
listed as the top-selling title for New in Chess. Offering a complete repertoire, Greet presents
a compelling case for studying the latest games with plenty of honest advice (`this has been
criticised by some commentators.') and clarity (`this is the only way for Black to justify this
opening ... a quick kill would have been...') and enthusiasm whilst time and again the word
principled crops up. Pleasantly free from quick fixes and wild gambits.
James Pratt
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Good Repertoire Book for White on "Minor" openigs VS 1.e4
12 Jan 2012
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The book has good suggestions on how to handle the White side of the "minor" openings against 1.e4 named Alekhine, Pirc,Modern , Scandinavian,Philidor, Nimzovich, English Defense and other unsound but dangerous sidelines like 1e4 NC6 2.Nf3 f5?!
The ideas are organized in a very efficient way. At the beginning of each chapter the reader will find an overview of the chapter in words and also as sequence of games. Greet introduce the reader to "his" repertoire by using complete, annotated model games from recent chess praxis. As usual in this type of repertoire book you can not expect to find everything and at some point some extra work may be required from the reader. For example, after 1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 Black may transpose back into e4 e5 opening but White can not longer use his/her openings involving an early f4 push such as the Vienna or King gambit .
I recommend this book it is worth the hard earn money you pay for it. At my level of play Class A (1900 USCF) the suggested recommendations fill the bill ( I will add more comments as I play stronger opposition). I am not a professional reviewer and the publisher did not provided a sample copy.
The ideas are organized in a very efficient way. At the beginning of each chapter the reader will find an overview of the chapter in words and also as sequence of games. Greet introduce the reader to "his" repertoire by using complete, annotated model games from recent chess praxis. As usual in this type of repertoire book you can not expect to find everything and at some point some extra work may be required from the reader. For example, after 1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 Black may transpose back into e4 e5 opening but White can not longer use his/her openings involving an early f4 push such as the Vienna or King gambit .
I recommend this book it is worth the hard earn money you pay for it. At my level of play Class A (1900 USCF) the suggested recommendations fill the bill ( I will add more comments as I play stronger opposition). I am not a professional reviewer and the publisher did not provided a sample copy.
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