The risk and struggle for the initiative became the most important weapon of modern chess. Well, where there is a risk and a struggle for initiative, there is a worthy place and for gambit ideas. The book of the honored coach of the USSR, international grandmaster Y.S.Razuvaev will bring unconditional benefit to both qualified chess players and amateurs.

Italian Party & mdash; This is the cutting edge of modern chess. After a hundred years of oblivion, in the 21st century, she has pressed many other debuts, and today all the best chess players in the world play it. Her modern interpretation is full of new ideas, her theory has grown thanks to the studies of modern grandmasters, and this book attempts to reflect on the current state of this beginning. But this book is not just a collection of options for a fashionable debut, its main feature & mdash; a demonstration of key ideas and typical techniques in various positions of this debut, and each key idea is highlighted in the text. Thanks to this, the book can be used as a strategy textbook in & laquo; Italian & raquo; positions (there is even a head of the "Italian endgame"). A separate section of the book is devoted to the major problem of modern chess & mdash; obtaining similar & laquo; Italian & raquo; positions from other openings. The book will be interesting to chess players of the most varied qualifications.

The modern protection of Philidor is a very strong, strategically rich debut with a wide variety of pawn structures, which can become your primary weapon in response to 1.e4. As a rule, White studies this protection in the last place, because they have enough urgent problems in other open and half-open principles, and meanwhile, the game of "general considerations" is contraindicated here. How many times has it been that the whites, lulled by the "timid" appearance of the rival, unwittingly relaxed, began to act superficially and reminisced only when their party was already inevitably rolling under the slope! It is no accident that the protection of Filidor included in its repertoire dozens of leading contemporary grandmasters, including representatives of the elite. The new work of the well-known journalist, international master Vladimir Barsky is both a textbook and a reference: to quickly include the new scheme in the repertoire, it is enough to study the Brief Overview and sample games, and the section "Step by Step" will help to penetrate deeper into the secrets of the debut.

Tarrash's Protection & ndash; the debut of the famous theoretician and trainer Alexei Bezgodov, which he has successfully applied for more than 30 years. In his new book, the grandmaster generalizes both his own rich experience and the experience of his students. & laquo; Taras's defense mosaic & raquo; & ndash; this is just five (!) reliable systems for Blacks in the popular debut, and it will not be so easy to prepare for all at once. The author pays special attention to the most acute, saturated with tactical resources Kasparov's system: 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Kc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Kf3 Kc6 6.g3 Kf6 7.Cg2 Ce7 8.0-0 0-0 9.Cg5 cxd4 With carefully selected and detailed commentaries, the author reveals the strategic nature of the debut, shows what dangers lie in wait for Blacks and how they can be neutralized, while at the same time trying to avoid too complex and long options, as well as excessive understatement. A large selection of positions for independent solutions will allow the reader to check how well he sorted out this complex debut. For a wide range of chess fans

Viswanathan “Vichy” Anand (December 11, 1969, Madras) is a well-known Indian chess player, grandmaster, FIDE World Champion 2000-2002, chess player number 1 in the world ranking list for April 2007. Anand published a book - “My best games” in 1998 and the revised edition of this book in 2001.

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Complete and up-to-date investigation of the system 1.d4 Kf6 2.c4 e6 3. Kf3 b6 4.g3

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This work is written for those who want to start playing the Nimzowitsch Defense with black, a solid classical opening, but are afraid of "drown"; in the intricacies of its many variants. The author of – champion of Russia in 2014, well-known theorist, FIDE senior coach – I saw it in supplying the reader with the necessary knowledge and protecting him from unnecessary information. The main emphasis is on explaining the typical strategic techniques and plans of the parties, and only as many specific options are given as necessary to quickly include this opening in your repertoire. In the course of getting acquainted with new material, the reader will have to solve exercises every now and then: how to play black in one position or another? This involvement in the process, instead of passively receiving information, will allow you to better feel the spirit of the position and, thanks to this, more firmly remember ideas and options. Carefully selected and deeply commented exemplary games will also help to consolidate the acquired knowledge. The author expresses the hope that the book will become for the reader not just an opening guide, but an interesting and pleasant companion. For a wide range of chess lovers.

Professional grandmasters study the latest wrinkles of their favorite openings. They have time to think about innovations in the Sicilian Najdorf, the Marshall Attack, or the Semi-Slav. It’s part of their job. But club players can rarely afford such luxury, and an excellent way for them to beat their busy schedules is to play good, solid opening lines that happen to be out of style. GM Raetsky and IM Chetverik have turned their backs on current fashion and have delved deep into the wardrobe of chess openings. These two opening specialists have selected eleven unusual variations to help readers refresh their repertoires. Using key illustrative games (many previously unpublished), the authors present a host of surprising and accessible opening ideas. Never refuted, these openings have numbered World Champions among their victims.