First Steps:
eBook - ePub

First Steps:

The Modern

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eBook - ePub

First Steps:

The Modern

About this book

The Modern Defense is an important opening that can be played by Black against absolutely any White opening system. It is an ambitious, counterattacking weapon, favored by dynamic players. White is initially allowed to occupy the centre but Black plans to undermine this structure in the middle game with well-timed blows from the pieces and pawns. If Black gets it right then the white centre can be dramatically swept away. However, when it goes wrong, Black can be overrun. First Steps is a new opening series and 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
Year
2017
eBook ISBN
9781781944127

Table of contents

  1. About the Author
  2. Bibliography
  3. Introduction
  4. 1 The Pseudo-Dragon and Pseudo-Lopez
  5. 2 The Classical Variation
  6. 3 The Jump to Nowhere
  7. 4 The Bc4 Cro-Magnon Lines
  8. 5 Fianchetto Lines
  9. 6 The Coward’s Variation
  10. 7 The Austrian Attack
  11. 8 The Dzindzi-Indian
  12. 9 The Averbakh Variation
  13. 10 Other d4 and c4 Lines
  14. 11 English Opening Set-ups
  15. 12 Anti-Queen’s Pawn Lines and Everything Else
  16. Index of Complete Games
  17. Agrest.E-Morozevich.A, Mallorca Olympiad 2004
  18. Aldama.D-Lakdawala.C, San Diego (rapid) 2017
  19. Aldama.D-Xia.B, San Diego (rapid) 2017
  20. Arutyunov.N-Lakdawala.C, San Diego (rapid) 2010
  21. Baker.B-Lakdawala.C, San Diego (rapid) 2016
  22. Barczay.L-Suttles.D, Sousse Interzonal 1967
  23. Belouadah.S-Rapport.R, Tromsø Olympiad 2014
  24. Darini.P-Mamedov.R, World Rapid Championship, Doha 2016
  25. Dordjevic.S-Lakdawala.C, San Diego (rapid) 2015
  26. Ginsburg.M-Lakdawala.C, American Open, Los Angeles 2002
  27. Graves.P-Lakdawala.C, San Diego (rapid) 2010
  28. Humphrey.J-Lakdawala.C, San Diego (rapid) 2012
  29. Ipatov.A-Guseinov.G, World Rapid Championship, Dubai 2014
  30. Jovanovic.Z-Rapport.R, Austrian League 2015
  31. Lakdawala.C-Xia.B, San Diego (rapid) 2017
  32. Loiseau.Q-Wojtaszek.R, French Team Championship 2013
  33. Mammadov.Z-Guseinov.G, Nakhchivan 2015
  34. McShane.L-Efimenko.Z, Wijk aan Zee 2011
  35. Naiditsch.A-Svidler.P, Khanty-Mansiysk (rapid) 2009
  36. Nikolic.P-Topalov.V, Monaco (blindfold) 1998
  37. Peng.Z-Malakhov.V, European Club Cup, Bilbao 2014
  38. Raetsky.A-Sakaev.K, St. Petersburg 1999
  39. Roumegous.M-Skripchenko.A, French Women’s Championship, Besancon 2006
  40. Salaun.Y-Seret.J, French Championship, Epinal 1989
  41. So.W-Norwood.D, Bunratty 2015
  42. Stevic.H-Nepomniachtchi.I, European Individual Championship, Aix-les-Bains 2011
  43. Sussman.L-Lakdawala.C, San Diego (rapid) 2012
  44. Toh.T-Rogers.I, Singapore 1997
  45. Tsang.H-Lakdawala.C, San Diego (rapid) 2010
  46. Vasilev.D-Djukic.N, Plovdiv 2014
  47. Wei Yi-Carlsen.M, Bilbao 2016
  48. Yang.K-Lakdawala.C, San Diego (rapid) 2015