The Killer Dutch

Simon Williams

• Publisher: Popular Chess
• Year: 2015
• eBook ISBN: 9781781942444

Grandmaster Simon Williams has played the Classical Dutch for over twenty years. It remains his favourite opening and has featured in some of his greatest individual results, including a win over World Championship finalist Boris Gelfand. In this book, Williams examines the Classical Dutch in great depth. He also presents a complete repertoire for Black with the Dutch Defense, which is based on his own repertoire he has used successfully at grandmaster level for many years. As well as presenting the latest theory and revealing his new ideas in the key lines, Williams highlights the main tactical and strategic ideas for both sides and covers important issues such as move orders. Each chapter includes a series of tests at the end, so that readers are able to assess how well they have understood the main concepts. This books tells you everything you need to know about successfully playing the Classical Dutch. • A Dutch repertoire against 1 d4, 1 c4 and 1 Nf3• Written by a world-renowned Classical Dutch expert • Packed with new ideas and critical analysis

Table of contents

• About the Author
• Bibliography
• Introduction
• 1 Ye Olde Faithful: 7 ... a5
• 2 The Most Popular Move: 7 ... Qe8
• 3 The Modern 7 ... Ne4
• 4 New, Fresh and Slightly Dubious
• 5 White Plays g3 and Bg2: Early Deviations
• 6 White Avoids Fianchettoing
• 7 Aggressive Set-ups and Early Gambits
• 8 Early Deviations: 2 Nc3 and 2 Bg5
• 9 White Avoids d4 and Adopts an English Set-up
• 10 White Avoids c4 and d4
• A Final Word
• Index of Games
• Agrest.E-Williams.S, Port Erin 2004
• Bellin.R-Williams.S, London Classic Open 2009
• Caruana.F-Korchnoi.V, Gibraltar Masters 2011
• Chapman.T-Williams.S, Bedford e2-e4 2013
• Dumitrache.D-Williams.S, Montpellier 2003
• Eingorn.V-Williams.S, French League 2012
• Fries Nielsen.J-Kristiansen.J, Danish Championship 1979
• Gallagher.J-Williams.S, Port Erin 2001
• Gelfand.B-Williams.S, European Club Championships 2012
• Halkias.S-Williams.S, World Cities Championship 2012
• Hennigan.M-Williams.S, British League 2005
• Henrichs.T-Glek.I, Belgium 2007
• Ipatov.A-Williams.S, French Team Championship 2014
• Iskusnyh.S-Williams.S, Cappelle La Grande 2005
• Johannesson.I-Williams.S, Reykjavik Open 2009
• Karpov.A-Short.N, Linares 1992
• Kharitonov.A-Gajewski.G, Aviles 2003
• Kojima.S-Williams.S, London Chess Classic 2012
• Korchnoi.V-Kaenel.H, Biel 1979
• Krasenkow.M-Williams.S, French League 2014
• Mah.K-Williams.S, Smith & Williamson Young Masters 1999
• McShane.L-Cheparinov.I, European Team Championship 2009
• Miezis.N-Williams.S, Liverpool 2008
• Mirzoev.A-Williams.S Malta Open 2012
• Sowray.P-Pert.R, British Championship 2005
• Potomak.V-Lukasiewicz.G, Wisla, 1992
• Rausis.I-Gleizerov.E, Abu Dhabi Open 2005
• Rebane.P-Korchnoi.V, Puhajarve Rapid 2010
• Roelvaag.M-Williams.S, Hastings Masters 2009
• Sakaev.K-Volokitin.A, European Individual Championship 2009
• Shirov.A-Williams.S, British League 2006