Opening Repertoire:

The Modern Sämisch: Combating the King's Indian and Benoni with 6 Bg5!

Eric Montany

• Publisher: Popular Chess
• eBook ISBN:
  9781781944035
• Year: 2017

The Sämisch variation is a powerful method to counter the popular King's Indian Defence. The key move is the advance f2-f3, consolidating White's central space advantage and limiting Black's options for counterplay. In the traditional Sämisch White develops the queen's bishop on e3 but in the modern version, as explored in this book, the move Bg5 is preferred. This creates further problems for Black as the natural King's Indian counter ... e7-e5 allows White a potentially strong pin against the f6-knight, while chasing the bishop with ... h6 and ... g5 creates kingside weaknesses. • Learn to play the Modern Sämisch with confidence • Emphasis on plans and strategies• Written by an expert on the Modern Sämisch

Table of contents

• About the Author
• Bibliography
• Foreword by Matthew Sadler
• Introduction
• The Opening Moves
• 1 6 ... h6 7 Be3 e5?! and the Attempted Classical
• 2 6 ... Nc6 and the Panno Variation
• 3 6 ... c5 and the Modern Benoni
• 4 The Modern Benoni: Main Lines
• 5 6 ... c6 and the Byrne System
• 6 6 ... a6 and the Attempted Benko
• 7 6 ... Nbd7 – Independent Lines
• 8 4th and 5th Move Deviations
• 9 Move Orders and Unusual Lines
• Index of Complete Games
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