Play 1...Nc6!:

A Complete Chess Opening Repertoire For Black

Christoph Wisnewski

• Publisher: Popular Chess
• eBook ISBN:
  9781857447675
• Year: 2007

In this original book, Christoph Wisnewski, who is renowned for his innovative and adventurous opening ideas, provides the reader with an ambitious and all-encompassing repertoire for Black against every main line opening that White can play, based on the initial move 1...Nc6. The principal components of this black repertoire are the uncompromising Chigorin Defence, a long-time favourite of the brilliant Russian Grandmaster Alexander Morozevich, and the equally tricky Nimzowitsch Defence, advocated by Britain's first ever Grandmaster, Tony Miles.

Table of contents

• Bibliography
• Preface: Why 1...Nc6?
• Part One: Black vs. 1 e4 – Nimzowitsch Defence
• 1 1 e4 Nc6: Rare Second Moves for White
• 2 1 e4 Nc6 2 d4 d5 3 exd5 Qxd5
• 3 1 e4 Nc6 2 d4 d5 3 e5 f6
• 4 1 e4 Nc6 2 d4 d5 3 Nc3 e6
• 5 1 e4 Nc6 2 Nf3 Nf6
• Part Two: Black vs. 1 d4 – Chigorin Defence
• 6 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 Nc6 and other Rare Second Moves
• 7 1 d4 d5 2 c4 Nc6 3 Nc3 Nf6 (4 Bg5; 4 cxd5)
• 8 1 d4 d5 2 c4 Nc6 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 Nf3 dxc4
• 9 1 d4 d5 2 c4 Nc6 3 Nf3 Bg4 (4 Qa4; 4 e3; 4 Nc3)
• 10 1 d4 d5 2 c4 Nc6 3 Nf3 Bg4 4 cxd5 Bxf3
• 11 1 d4 d5 2 c4 Nc6 3 e3 and 3 cxd5
• Part Three: Black vs. 1 c4 – 1...Nc6
• 12 1 c4 Nc6 – Rare White Second Moves
• 13 1 c4 Nc6 2 Nc3 e5 (3 e3; 3 g3)
• 14 1 c4 Nc6 2 Nc3 e5 3 Nf3 Nf6
• Part Four: Black vs. 1 Nf3 – 1...Nc6
• 15 1 Nf3 Nc6
• Index of Complete Games
• 2 c4 e5 (D) – Game 1
• 4 Be3 – Game 6
• 4 Bd3 – Game 13
• 4 exd5 exd5 – Game 17
• 3 Nc3 d5 – Game 20
• 2 Bf4 Bg4 – Game 25