Your Opponent is Overrated
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Your Opponent is Overrated

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Your Opponent is Overrated

About this book

Which opening does better in practice: the wild, "unsound" and "refuted" Latvian Gambit (1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 f5) or the solid Philidor Defence (1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 d6)? As James Schuyler points out, referring to the definitive Megabase, the Latvian Gambit scores higher. How can such a discredited opening (and the same story is repeated with other "unsound" openings) do so well? The point is that playing like this throws the opponent off balance, makes them anxious and induces mistakes. Even the very best players recognize the value of discomforting the opponent. Historically, Emanuel Lasker was the master of this approach and his modern day equivalent is world champion Magnus Carlsen. Carlsen frequently employs offbeat openings and his opponents invariably fail to counter them correctly. This is the key theme of this book. Schuyler covers all phases of the game and discusses other vital subjects such as harassment, material imbalance, time management, surprise moves, unusual ideas, provocative play, manoeuvres and recovering from bad positions. • Includes methods to improve practical play• Develops a win-oriented attitude• Examines ways to induce mistakes

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Information

Publisher
Popular Chess
Year
2016
eBook ISBN
9781781943533

Table of contents

  1. About the Author
  2. Introduction
  3. 1 The Opening
  4. 2 The Middlegame
  5. 3 Material Imbalances
  6. 4 Harassment
  7. 5 The Unexpected
  8. 6 Unusual Ideas
  9. 7 Hating Your Opponent
  10. 8 Manoeuvring
  11. 9 Provocativeness
  12. 10 Lost Positions
  13. 11 The Clock
  14. 12 The Endgame
  15. 13 Ploys
  16. 14 Stripping
  17. 15 Lasker
  18. 16 Why Isn’t This Working?
  19. 17 Final Thoughts
  20. Index of Complete Games
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