First Steps:
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First Steps:

King's Indian Defence

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eBook - ePub

First Steps:

King's Indian Defence

About this book

The King's Indian Defence is one of the great classical counter-attacking openings. The most aggressive world champions (including Mikhail Tal, Bobby Fischer and Garry Kasparov) have all scored brilliant knockout victories with this opening. In this book the highly experienced coach international master Andrew Martin explains the basic ideas behind all the different variations that occur after 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 g6 3 Nc3 Bg7 4 e4 d6. The focus on strategic elements such as pawn structures, attacking plans and typical piece manouevres allows the reader to quickly gain an excellent feel for this complex opening. First Steps is an opening series that is ideal for improving players who want simple and straightforward explanations. First Steps emphasizes: * the basic principles * the basic strategies * the key tricks and traps First Steps books are based around carefully selected instructive games which demonstrate exactly what both sides are trying to achieve. There is enough theory to enable the improving player to get to grips with the opening without feeling overwhelmed. If you want to take up a new opening, First Steps is the ideal place to start.

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Information

Publisher
Popular Chess
eBook ISBN
9781781944301
Year
2019

Table of contents

  1. About the Author
  2. Introduction
  3. 1) Inspiration
  4. 2) Pawn Structures
  5. 3) The Classical System
  6. 4) The Fianchetto Variation
  7. 5) Lines with Bg5
  8. 6) The Sämisch Variation
  9. 7) The Four Pawns Attack
  10. 8) Less Common White Systems
  11. 9) King’s Indian Byways
  12. Final words
  13. Index of Complete Games
  14. Aleksandrov.A-Mirzoev.E, European Championship, Batumi 2018
  15. Alterman.B-Barnes.M, London Lloyds Bank 1994
  16. Arkell.K-Martin.A, British Championship, Torquay 1998
  17. Arun Prasad.S-Perez Mitjans.O, Badalona 2012
  18. Averbakh.Y-Fritsch.K, Graz 1987
  19. Bach.M-Kotronias.V, Aarhus 2019
  20. Bekker Jensen.D-Hammer.J, Helsingor 2018
  21. Bhakti.K-Kovalev.V, Dubai 2018
  22. Braun.A-Maiwald.J, German League 2019
  23. Bronstein.D-Rytov.B, Tallinn 1973
  24. Brown.M-Mamedyarov.S, PRO League, chess.com (rapid) 2018
  25. Buhmann.R-Vitiugov.N, Moscow 2017
  26. Carlsen.M-Yuffa.D, Doha 2015
  27. Caruana.F-Svidler.P, Russian Team Championship 2013
  28. Chatalbashev.B-Aabling Thomsen.J, Danish Championship, Svendborg 2019
  29. Colin.V-Hebden.M, Guernsey 2013
  30. Cori Tello.J-Izquierdo.E, Peruvian Championship, Lima 2017
  31. Danailov.S-Kasparov.G, World Junior Championship, Dortmund 1980
  32. Donoso Diaz.S-Di Berardino.D, Foz do Iguacu 2018
  33. Drazic.S-H.Lee.J, Novi Sad 2019
  34. Flear.G-Hawkins.J, British Championship, Torquay 2013
  35. Gareyev.T-Gong.D, Auckland 2019
  36. Geller.E-Ree.H, Amsterdam 1970
  37. Gheorghiu.F-Kasparov.G, Thessaloniki Olympiad 1988
  38. Gligoric.S-Kozul.Z, Yugoslav Team Championship 1990
  39. Golubov.S-Bocharov.D, Taganrog 2019
  40. Gorovets.A-Zapata.A, Charlotte 2018
  41. Grischuk.A-Carlsen.M, Sinquefield Cup, St. Louis 2018
  42. Gurevich.M-Hebden.M, Clichy 2001
  43. Gutman.L-Martin.A, Hastings 1984/85
  44. Hansen.H-Fitzsimons.D, British League 2018
  45. Hoffman.A-Lynch.M, US Open, Reno 1999