Beating Unusual Chess Openings: Dealing With The English, Réti, King's Indian Attack And Other Annoying Systems (Everyman Chess)

You may be happy with your main openings – sorted with the Sicilian and content with the King’s Indian – but are you afraid of the unknown? Do you fall to pieces if your opponent plays something strange in the opening? Here’s some good news... Beating Unusual Chess Openings is a godsend to those chess players fed up with struggling against all opening moves other than White’s main two: 1 e4 and 1 d4. From the respectable (English Opening, Réti and King’s Indian Attack) through to the offbeat (Nimzo-Larsen Attack, Bird’s Opening) and the totally bizarre (Orang-utan, Grob); everything Black needs to know about facing unusual openings is covered within these pages. Richard Palliser gets to grips with all of White’s possibilities, examining their strengths and weaknesses and in turn organizing a reliable and practical repertoire for Black. He discusses the key strategies, tactics and move-order tricks for both sides, arming the reader with enough know-how to face this assortment of chess openings with renewed confidence. *Everything you need to know about facing unusual openings *Written by an openings expert *Ideal for improvers, and club and tournament players scan001 3 scan002 4 scan003 5 scan004 6 scan005 7 scan006 8 scan007 9 scan008 10 scan009 11 scan010 12 scan011 13 scan012 14 scan013 15 scan014 16 scan015 17 scan016 18 scan017 19 scan018 20 scan019 21 scan020 22 scan021 23 scan022 24 scan023 25 scan024 26 scan025 27 scan026 28 scan027 29 scan028 30 scan029 31 scan030 32 scan031 33 scan032 34 scan033 35 scan034 36 scan035 37 scan036 38 scan037 39 scan038 40 scan039 41 scan040 42 scan041 43 scan042 44 scan043 45 scan044 46 scan045 47 scan046 48 scan047 49 scan048 50 scan049 51 scan050 52 scan051 53 scan052 54 scan053 55 scan054 56 scan055 57 scan056 58 scan057 59 scan058 60 scan059 61 scan060 62 scan061 63 scan062 64 scan063 65 scan064 66 scan065 67 scan066 68 scan067 69 scan068 70 scan069 71 scan070 72 scan071 73 scan072 74 scan073 75 scan074 76 scan075 77 scan076 78 scan077 79 scan078 80 scan079 81 scan080 82 scan081 83 scan082 84 scan083 85 scan084 86 scan085 87 scan086 88 scan087 89 scan088 90 scan089 91 scan090 92 scan091 93 scan092 94 scan093 95 scan094 96 scan095 97 scan096 98 scan097 99 scan098 100 scan099 101 scan100 102 scan101 103 scan102 104 scan103 105 scan104 106 scan105 107 scan106 108 scan107 109 scan108 110 scan109 111 scan110 112 scan111 113 scan112 114 scan113 115 scan114 116 scan115 117 scan116 118 scan117 119 scan118 120 scan119 121 scan120 122 scan121 123 scan122 124 scan123 125 scan124 126 scan125 127 scan126 128 scan127 129 scan128 130 scan129 131 scan130 132 scan131 133 scan132 134 scan133 135 scan134 136 scan135 137 scan136 138 scan137 139 scan138 140 scan139 141 scan140 142 scan141 143 scan142 144 scan143 145 scan144 146 scan145 147 scan146 148 scan147 149 scan148 150 scan149 151 scan150 152 scan151 153 scan152 154 scan153 155 scan154 156 scan155 157 scan156 158 scan157 159 scan158 160 scan159 161 scan160 162 scan161 163 scan162 164 scan163 165 scan164 166 scan165 167 scan166 168 scan167 169 scan168 170 scan169 171 scan170 172 scan171 173 scan172 174 scan173 175 scan174 176 scan175 177 scan176 178 scan177 179 scan178 180 scan179 181 scan180 182 scan181 183 scan182 184 scan183 185 scan184 186 scan186 187 scan187 188 scan188 189 scan189 190 scan190 191 scan191 192 scan192 193 scan193 194 scan194 195 scan195 196 scan196 197 scan197 198 scan198 199 scan199 200 scan200 201 scan201 202 scan202 203 scan203 204 scan204 205 scan205 206 scan206 207 scan207 208 scan208 209 scan209 210 scan210 211 scan211 212 scan212 213 scan213 214 scan214 215 scan215 216 scan216 217 scan217 218 scan218 219 scan219 220 scan220 221 scan221 222 scan222 223 scan223 224 scan224 225 From the English Opening, Reti and King's Indian Attack through to the Nimzo-Larsen Attack, Bird's Opening and the Orang-utan, Grob; this work covers the details Black needs to know about facing unusual openings. It provides an understanding of White's possibilities, examining their strengths and weaknesses and organizing a repertoire for Black.