Andriasyan: The English Attack against the Taimanov Sicilian - A Guide for White
Autor: Andriasyan , Zaven
Verlag: New in Chess
Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
Sprache: Englisch
Buchumschlag: paperback
Seiten: 175
The Taimanov Sicilian is a chess opening widely played at club level and a favourite of elite players like Garry Kasparov, Vishy Anand and young star Anish Giri.
Against this variation, the ever popular English Attack has long been considered harmless, until in recent years some remarkable improvements were found for White. By castling queenside White creates exciting positions in which he has a dangerous initiative.
Armenian grandmaster Zaven Andriasyan has thoroughly and systematically investigated this unexplored chess opening territory. He unveils the structures behind the various lines and explains the plans and counterplans.
Andriasyan also presents a wealth of highly interesting new ideas and novelties, and provides the reader with 50 exercises.
Amateur chess players will find the English Attack to be an easy-to-grasp and dangerous weapon. Players at (grand-)master level will be delighted by the amount of valuable new information they will find.
Zaven Andriasyan (1989) was both European under-18 and World under-20 chess champion in 2006. He is currently one of the strongest grandmasters in Armenia. He is the author of the bestselling \''Winning with the Najdorf Sicilian\'' (2013).
Contents
Explanation of Symbols
Preface
Part I
Chapter 1 Early Divergences
Part II
Chapter 2 A Knight on the Edge - 9...Na5
Chapter 3 Preparing ...d7-d5 - 9...Ne7
Chapter 4 Two Sidelines - 10 ... d5 and 10 ... 0-0
Chapter 5 Two Less Common Moves - 11.Bd4, 11.Qf2
Chapter 6 The Two Main Moves - 11.Kb1, 11.Qe1
Part III
Chapter 7 Two Pawn Moves - 9 ... h5 and 9 ... b5
Chapter 8 The Knight Retreat - 11...Ne8
Chapter 9 Another Knight on the Edge - 11...Nh5
Chapter 10 Exercises / Solutions
Afterword
Index of Variations
Index of Players
Bibliography
Biography
175 Seiten, 2015 kartoniert, englisch