First Steps:
eBook - ePub

First Steps:

The Colle and London Systems

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eBook - ePub

First Steps:

The Colle and London Systems

About this book

The Colle and London are opening systems for White starting with 1 d4. They are very popular choices at club level and for two very good reasons:1. Both openings are easy to learn and understand.2. White's attacking play is based on solid foundations.In this book, International Master Cyrus Lakdawala examines both openings in detail and provides a highly practical repertoire for White based on a mix of the Colle and the London. All the way through the reader is helped along by numerous notes, tips and exercises. This book tells you everything you need to know before taking your first steps with the Colle and London systems.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 trapsFirst 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
2016
eBook ISBN
9781781943694

Table of contents

  1. About the Author
  2. Bibliography
  3. Introduction
  4. 1 Colle Versus Slav, ... e6 and ... d5 Set-ups
  5. 2 Colle Versus Queen’s Indian
  6. 3 Exchange Slav and Gambit Lines
  7. 4 London Versus King’s Indian
  8. 5 London Versus Reti
  9. 6 London Versus Grünfeld
  10. 7 Dutch Defence and Other Lines
  11. Index of Complete Games
  12. Anand.V-Dale.A, London (rapid) 2014
  13. Anand.V-Vallejo Pons.F, Leon (rapid) 2008
  14. Bondarevsky.I-Aronin.L, USSR Championship, Moscow 1951
  15. Burmakin.V-Semeniuk.A, Russian Team Championship 2001
  16. Carlsen.M-Gelfand.B, Tal Memorial, Moscow 2011
  17. Chernin.A-Tolnai.T, Hungarian Championship, Lillafured 1999
  18. Colle.E-Thomas.G, Ghent 1926
  19. Grachev.B-Kyc.J, St Petersburg (rapid) 2015
  20. Grigoriants.S-Britton.R, London 2015
  21. Jakovenko.D-Buhmann.R, French Team Championship 2014
  22. Kamsky.G-Nyzhnyk.I, Moscow (rapid) 2013
  23. Kovacevic.V-Marjanovic.S, Medulin 1983
  24. Lakdawala.C-Baker.B, San Diego (rapid) 2009
  25. Lakdawala.C-Cuarta.B, San Diego (rapid) 2015
  26. Lakdawala.C-Djordjevic.S, San Diego (rapid) 2014
  27. Lakdawala.C-Morshedi.A, San Diego (rapid) 2011
  28. Lakdawala.C-Trujillo.L, San Diego (rapid) 2014
  29. Laylo.D-Lakdawala.C, San Diego (rapid) 2014
  30. Malakhatko.V-Niknaddaf.A, World Team Championship, Yerevan 2001
  31. Nogueiras Santiago.J-Sunye Neto.J, Guarapuava 1991
  32. Ragger.M-Vaisser.A, French Team Championship 2014
  33. Rapport.R-Idani.P, Reykjavik 2014
  34. Specht.J-Sevillano.E, San Francisco (rapid) 2015
  35. Steinitz.W-Chigorin.M, World Championship (Game 14), Havana 1889
  36. Turner.J-Wooten.A, San Diego 2015
  37. Yusupov.A-Luch.M, Warsaw (rapid) 2005