- Paperback: 144 pages
- Publisher: Everyman Chess (31 July 2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1857442393
- ISBN-13: 978-1857442397
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 16.1 x 0.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,101,289 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The Grunfeld Defence is a dynamic and popular counterattacking weapon for Black against queen's pawn openings. Former World Champion Bobby Fischer and current world number one Garry Kasparov head a long list of grandmasters that have utilized this opening with continued success. In this book, grandmaster and renowned chess teacher Nigel Davies explains the key ideas and tactics for both White and Black. Using illustrative games, Davies guides the reader through both the fashionable main lines and the tricky side variations, and provides his opinion on all the crucial questions arising from this opening.
-- Up-to-date coverage of one of Black's most important defences
-- Strategies and tactics revealed for both sides
-- Up-to-date coverage of one of Black's most important defences
-- Strategies and tactics revealed for both sides
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
This book is very useful for players who already know a little about the Grunfeld, but is perhaps not the best place to start if that isn't you. Jonathan Rowson's superb book 'Understanding the Grunfeld' is indisputably more instructive than Davies' effort, although they are both essential books for Grunfeld players; Davies takes a practical approach to the problem of finding time to have a life AND play this defence, which is necessarily theoretical in many lines, whilst he also serves up a picture of current theory that will prove useful to many intermediate/advanced practitioners. Rowson, on the other hand, provides a fuller introduction to the defence and the concepts that underpin it. Both books compliment each other perfectly, as Rowson is now (perhaps) out of date in a couple of lines, although he provides the foundation you'll need to make better sense of some of the chapters in Davies. Davies, for example, recommends 9...b6 in the 8.Rb1 Exchange line, thereby easing some of Black's need to learn sharp theory, although he also provides sufficient coverage for those who wish to play the mainline and grab the a2 pawn. He simply observes that it may be impractical for many players to go down these mainlines unless they are prepared for the day that White suddenly finds an unpleasant improvement..... similarly, he feels that the Prins variation against the Russian is a fine way to play IF you have time & inclination to learn the theory - if not, he provides coverage of alternatives he feels are adequate. In fact, his coverage of the Russian system takes in various Black responses, so there is much scope for experimentation. In this respect he gives you more than Rowson. In conclusion, I would say that anyone thinking about buying this (very good) book should also be buying the other one by Rowson, if they don't already own it. With both of them, you should find it's a lot easier to play against that 1.d4 move.....
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
A book for strong and experieced players
22 Jan 2004
I like very much opening books by Everyman, because they give an idea of the middlegames arising in a particular opening. On the other hand, these books have too little pages and sometimes don't succeed in covering all the necessary lines, especially if they want to cover a whole opening. This is particularly true with this book, that simply doesn't give enough information about some variations that are important at club level. For example, only 14 pages are devoted to the 7.Bc4 variation and 13 to the Bf4 systems, which are, according to my personal experience, the main lines in tournaments below rating 1900.
Much of the space is given to the Russian System (quite the same that is devoted to ALL the lines of the Exchange Var.!), with many variations suggested to the Black side (that makes me think that this book is written mainly for White, as it gives black alternatives). In conclusion I think it is a little bit unbalanced.
Much of the space is given to the Russian System (quite the same that is devoted to ALL the lines of the Exchange Var.!), with many variations suggested to the Black side (that makes me think that this book is written mainly for White, as it gives black alternatives). In conclusion I think it is a little bit unbalanced.
About the contents there's nothing to say: the material is of high quality and the author is very good (I strongly reccommend his other book The Alekhine Defence). However, this book can't be recommanded for players who want to play the Grunfeld Defence as Black for the first time: they should look for other good books (the best choice is Understanding the Grunfeld by Rowson, and the classic book is the one by Adorian). Players above 1900 and/or players that have been playing the GD for a long time ,instead, can get very useful information (especially for the Russian System), as the comments are very well written, the games are relevant, and last but not least because experienced players know exacltly what they have to look for and don't get confused by the author's strange choice of the chapters.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
This book is ok
29 May 2006
According to the review by user "Pirc_defense_expert" this is a book you should not bother to buy. Instead he recommends Rowson's book.
I agree with "Pirc_defense_expert" that Davies' book could have been a lot more systematic. Still I think Davies' book is ok because he presents ideas in the Grunfeld that you won't find in the other books.
E.g. in the Exchange variation 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 g6 3 Nc3 d5 4 cxd5 Nxd5 5 e4 Nxc3 6 bxc3 Bg7 7 Bc4 c5 8 Ne2 0-0 9 0-0 Nc6 10 Be3, Davies has a very interesting coverage of 10... Qc7. In the topical variation 11 Rc1 Rd8 12 Bf4 he mentions 12... Be5, and this is indeed a very interesting try.
Also, Davies covers 10... e6 which might also be an idea for the future although in the few outings so far I think it has not done too well.
I agree with "Pirc_defense_expert" that Davies' book could have been a lot more systematic. Still I think Davies' book is ok because he presents ideas in the Grunfeld that you won't find in the other books.
E.g. in the Exchange variation 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 g6 3 Nc3 d5 4 cxd5 Nxd5 5 e4 Nxc3 6 bxc3 Bg7 7 Bc4 c5 8 Ne2 0-0 9 0-0 Nc6 10 Be3, Davies has a very interesting coverage of 10... Qc7. In the topical variation 11 Rc1 Rd8 12 Bf4 he mentions 12... Be5, and this is indeed a very interesting try.
Also, Davies covers 10... e6 which might also be an idea for the future although in the few outings so far I think it has not done too well.
4 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Nigel Davies: Please! stop writing opening books!
12 Jan 2005
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lets summarize the technique:
-get all the grunfeld books
-review the main lines and what kasparov and kramnik are playing
-make few conclusive or thoughtful statements
-when you do make a statement, give very vague varaiations so people are left wondering, did he really think this was okay or did he miss this move?
specific variations: 7.bc4 in the exchange variation after 7...c5 8.ne2 nc6 9.be3 0-0 davies forgets 10.Rc1 and only lists 10.0-0 for white, not even mentioning the h4 idea.
I could list probably five more without thinking, but its not worth the time.
It may be the newest book, but dont bother, get rowsons book, he at least thinks before he writes.
-get all the grunfeld books
-review the main lines and what kasparov and kramnik are playing
-make few conclusive or thoughtful statements
-when you do make a statement, give very vague varaiations so people are left wondering, did he really think this was okay or did he miss this move?
specific variations: 7.bc4 in the exchange variation after 7...c5 8.ne2 nc6 9.be3 0-0 davies forgets 10.Rc1 and only lists 10.0-0 for white, not even mentioning the h4 idea.
I could list probably five more without thinking, but its not worth the time.
It may be the newest book, but dont bother, get rowsons book, he at least thinks before he writes.
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