Secrets of Opening Surprises: Volume 6 [Taschenbuch] [Feb 28, 2007] Bosch, Je...

Taschenbuch: 143 Seiten Verlag: Secrets of Opening Surprises; Auflage: illustrated edition (28. Februar 2007) Sprache: Englisch ISBN-10: 9056911937 ISBN-13: 978-9056911935 Größe und/oder Gewicht: 14,9 x 1,6 x 21,4 cm The highly acclaimed SOS series provides intermediate chess players with perfectly playable, easily digestible opening ideas: deviations from main line opening theory in a very early stage of the game (usually before move six). Anyone with a rudimentary knowledge of the chess opening will be able to apply these SOS-ideas in an actual game. There is no need to study large quantities of stuffy theory, but there is an almost immediate return on the investment of a limited amount of time. Readers of SOS will baffle their opponents, gain crucial time, and stand a good chance to get an advantage in the game. a quick look at the SOS's in this issue Contents Jeroen Bosch - The SOS Files Ian Rogers - Triple Trouble for the Gr?nfeld Jeroen Bosch - Sicilian: the Aussie Attack Erwin l?Ami No Panov - Play an Early Queen Move Donaldson and Silman - 3.h4 in the Hyper-Accelerated Dragon Arthur Kogan - The Tarzan Attack Jeroen Bosch - Making Short Work of the Najdorf Adrian Mikhalchishin - The D?ry Defence Glenn Flear - Bishops First Please! Jeroen Bosch - The Chigorin Attack Arthur Kogan - The Queen?s Gr?nfeld Line (Part I) Arthur Kogan - The Queen?s Gr?nfeld Line (Part II) Adrian Mikhalchishin - A Spanish SOS Jeroen Bosch - The French Advance with 5?a6 Dorian Rogozenko - A Slav Surprise Sergey Tiviakov - Scandinavian with 3...Qd6 John van der Wiel - Caro-Kann with a Slav Touch Readers of this series can ignore large areas of the ever expanding chess opening theory. They can concentrate on these surprising ideas, because SOS variations deviate very early from the regular lines in mainstream openings. Ideal for players who don?t have enough time to keep abreast with main line theory. Rick Kennedy, ChessVille: "For anyone who wants off-beat but sound and energetic ideas to punch up their opening repertoire, SOS is a great tonic." Paul Motwani, The Scotsman: "Full of delightful twists which I look forward to trying out myself in future games." Carsten Hansen, ChessCafe: "The variations can be exceedingly difficult if you are not prepared." IM Watson, The Week In Chess: "The most entertaining of books about openings that I know of (...) I recommend SOS because it is so much fun, to be sure, but also for its practical utility." Joe Petrolito, Australian Chess: "These suggestions are very attractive to club players." Chess Today: "No matter what you play, you will find something exciting here." The Washington Post: "A refreshing book, full of rare, uncommon but sound ideas that can spice up the opening repertoire of any tournament player." IM Jeremy Silman: "You?ll be glad you joined Bosch?s bandwagon." GM Glenn Flear: "Tricky opening ideas, not much to learn, surprise value and lots of fun." Bob Long, Chessco: "For throwing your opponent off balance, it is hard to beat this series." Rochade: "A sparkling star in the grey sky of theory."