Beating the Anti-King's Indians

Beating the Anti-King's Indians

Author: Joe Gallagher

Publisher: Batsford

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 191

ISBN-13: 9780713480122

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A repertoire for King's Indian players against all of White's attempts to avoid the main lines. It explains how to defuse attacking systems such as the Four Pawns, provides aggressive lines against exchange variations and offers recommended psychology against unambitious opponents.


Fighting the Anti-King's Indians

Fighting the Anti-King's Indians

Author: Yelena Dembo

Publisher: Gloucester Publishers Plc

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781857445756

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Opening expert Yelena Dembo deals with how to play against annoying White systems designed to avoid the main lines after 1 d4.


How to Beat the Sicilian Defence

How to Beat the Sicilian Defence

Author: Gawain Jones

Publisher:

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781857446630

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The Sicilian Defence is by far the most popular chess opening. If you play 1 e4 as White, on average you are likely to meet the Sicilian in virtually every other game! You need to be prepared to face the Sicilian at all times, and a ready-to-use repertoire against it is an indispensible weapon. In this book, Gawain Jones confronts the challenge of meeting the Sicilian head on. He has constructed a comprehensive Anti-Sicilian repertoire for White, which is based on lines he has successfully employed at grandmaster level. These are sound, reliable options for White, but don't be fooled - they also contain more than a drop of poison. Variations covered include the popular King's Indian Attack, various Bb5 systems and weapons against Black's offbeat tries. A Grandmaster's repertoire against the Sicilian Packed with new ideas and critical analysis Highlights key tactical and positional ideas


Bologan's King's Indian

Bologan's King's Indian

Author: Victor Bologan

Publisher: New In Chess

Published: 2017-05-09

Total Pages: 448

ISBN-13: 9056917242

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The King’s Indian Defence is arguably the most ambitious and exciting way to play against 1.d4. Black wants to start an early attack on his opponent’s king, relying on the dynamic potential of his position. The KID has been a favourite of legendary attacking players such as Mikhail Tal, Bobby Fischer and Garry Kasparov, and remains highly popular at club level. Respected Grandmaster and acknowledged chess opening expert Victor Bologan presents a complete King’s Indian repertoire for Black that is much more than just a lucidly explained and very playable set of responses. In many lines he presents two options to handle the Black position. Bologan’s explanations are accessible for a wide range of players and he provides the reader with a thorough grounding in the strategic and tactical motifs. White players can benefit from this book as well, since he looks at things from both sides. During his research, Bologan has found many new ideas and resources. With this book under your belt you can go to your next tournament with confidence. You will win many exciting games with Bologan’s King’s Indian!


Play the King's Indian

Play the King's Indian

Author: Joe Gallagher

Publisher:

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 9781857443240

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The King's Indian has always been one of the sharpest, most complex and popular openings that Black can play; it still provides the setting for many encounters at the elite level of Grandmaster chess. Straight from the start, Black fights for the initiative and in many variations, while White pursues material gains, it is Black who has the psychological advantage of trying checkmate the opponent's king. Despite its many advantages, some prospective King's Indian players are put off by the seemingly endless amount of theory one is supposed to learn. In Play the King's Indian, however, Grandmaster and life-long King's Indian devotee Joe Gallagher has produced a comprehensive and yet workable black repertoire against all of White's most dangerous possibilities. *Written by a renowned King's Indian expert *Includes up-to-date theory on a fascinating opening *Covers all of White's replies


Beat the Kid

Beat the Kid

Author: Jan Markos

Publisher:

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781906552152

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In chess, the King's Indian Defence is one of Black's most ambitious and popular replies to 1.d4, so White needs to be well prepared. Jan Markos shows the way with three separate repertoires for White. Each of the lines he explains has a different style, ranging from solidly positional to wildly attacking. Expert chess analysis from a grandmaster. Explains how to tackle one of the most popular chess openings. Up-to-date analysis Jan Markos is a young chess grandmaster from Slovakia who has won many international tournaments.


Fighting the Anti-Sicilians

Fighting the Anti-Sicilians

Author: Richard Palliser

Publisher: Gloucester Publishers Plc

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781857445206

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In this book Richard Palliser decides it's time for Black players to finally fight back against the Anti-Sicilians! Drawing upon his vast experience and understanding of Anti-Sicilians, Palliser devises a compact and practical repertoire for Sicilian players against each of White's many alternatives. Using examples from modern play, he examines tactical and positional ideas for both White and Black, and pays special attention to tricky move orders which are very much in the armoury of contemporary Grandmasters.


The Modernized King's Indian - Averbakh Variation

The Modernized King's Indian - Averbakh Variation

Author: Boekelman

Publisher: Modernized

Published: 2022-01-11

Total Pages: 400

ISBN-13: 9789464201376

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Welcome to the wonderful world of the Averbakh variation against the King's Indian Defense (KID). Who would not want to have a variation against the KID that keeps White's position completely under control, that is positional in nature and that stays away from dark and murky waters or messy tactical situations? Many players like to play a variation against the KID that bears the hallmark of strong grandmasters and has stood the test of time. This book examines such variation with a repertoire for White and an in-depth analysis of all of Black's responses. The Averbakh variation represents a shift in White's approach to the fight against the KID. Rather than focusing solely on the queenside while accepting a certain danger of being checkmated on the other side of the board, as it happens in the KID in many lines, White uses a strategy of positional control, in which he uses the KID in a calm, positional way. Initially, the character of the battle is indeed relatively calm and positional, but not too calm to land in near-equal positions immediately. White's development schedules follow strategic logic. In the following parts of the game, White generally retains his first mover advantage, in positions where he retains control. Repertoire books on the KID start from Black's point of view, overestimating Black's chances and downplaying White's options and plans. In my opinion, that requires an analytical response from White's point of view. In this book, I will show that, using recent theoretical developments and my own novelties and analyses, White has a serious chance to come out of the opening with a long-term plus.


Beating the Anti-Sicilians

Beating the Anti-Sicilians

Author: Vassilios Kotronias

Publisher: Grandmaster Repertoire

Published: 2016-02-07

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781907982637

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The Sicilian Defence is the most combative way to meet 1.e4, but Black's hopes of reaching his favourite Dragon, Najdorf or Sveshnikov are often quashed at an early stage. In Beating the Anti-Sicilians, grandmaster Vassilios Kotronias provides full coverage against White's many attempts to steer the game away from Open Sicilian territory. Beginning with sidelines on move 2, the author provides expert recommendations against all White's sensible deviations - as well as some not-so-sensible ones!