Kornev - Play the Alekhine Defence

Un rappel d'abord pour ceux qui ne maîtrise pas complètement l'anglais, 'strategic' se traduit par 1 d4 . Ce cher John nous offre un répertoire fouillé et hautement raisonnable, mélange de variantes bien rodées (Carlsbad, Nimzo Rubinstein) de trucs à la mode destinés à éviter la théorie (e3 contre la Slave) et de machins un peu plus marginaux (5.h3 conte l'Est indienne). Bonnes explications comme d'habitude. Recommandable!

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Do you play 1.d4, but feel discouraged by the seemingly limitless number of finely honed defensive systems available to Black? If you’re put off by the idea of having to learn massive amounts of theory just to reach a playable middlegame, then The Richter-Veresov Attack: Qd3 Variation might be just what you’re looking for.

Right away, you’ll be taking your opponents out of their preparation and into your comfort zone. While the Richter-Veresov has developed its own “book” over the years, Eric Fleischman shows you how to bypass a lot of that body of theory, too, with an early deployment of the queen to d3, an idea sometimes known as the Amazon Attack.

Covering a wide range of setups that Black could adopt in response (including French, Caro-Kann, Indian, Benoni, and Dutch formations), the author uses games by international players and examples from his own play to show how experience and a sense of the position count for more than memorized lines in The Richter-Veresov Attack: Qd3 Variation.  283 pages

Ca c'est un conseil! Bon comme on s'en doute, le livre traite des rapports entre intuition (ou plutôt reconnaissance de schémas déjà connus...) et réflexion objective. Le sujet n'est pas neuf, mais pour une fois, l'auteur semble avoir réflechi sérieusement au problème et ses réflexions sont souvent intrigantes et fréquemment pertinentes (ou l'inverse). Et puis au moins, si vous suivez son conseil, vous éviterez le zeitnot.

Cinquième tome de la somme kasparovienne sur les grands joueurs de l'histoire - histoire toute récente ici, puisque les protagonistes sont Korchnoi et Karpov (on reviendra naturellement sur Anatoly dans le volume consacré à ses duels contre Kasparov). Toujours les mêmes qualités, toujours les mêmes défauts, et sans doute toujours le même succès - inutile de faire l'article. Mais n'oublions pas de relire aussi ce que les deux K ont écrit eux-mêmes...

Positional Sacrifice in Modern Chess (hardcover). A Word from the Authors : "The sequel, or the second part of the “Secrets of Positional Sacrifice” manual is titled “Positional Sacrifice in Modern Chess”. We assume that readers will conclude that the subject of our analysis are recently played games, especially the games played over the last few years. The book is intended for chess players who aspire to raise the level of positional play in this particular field of expertise, as well as coaches working on chess education. Like the previous book “Secrets of Positional Sacrifice”, the book in our hands is divided into chapters according to the material that is the subject of the sacrifice: the positional sacrifice of a pawn, exchange, piece, rook, and queen. Finally, the last chapter deals with “hot games” and contains six games played during November and December 2021. We believe that the book is as interesting and instructive as its prequel. However, the examples are a tad more complicated, primarily because of the positional rook sacrifice section. In actual fact, the examples on this kind were verydifficult to find in practice, and processing them in the right way was a particular challenge for us. The first section, the positional pawn sacrifice, should encourage the reader to execute one of the most complicated positional sacrifices in practice as often as possible. On the other hand, the sacrifice of exchange is the most common and easiest to apply and can very successfully serve as a means of relieving the fear of possible sacrifice of material. Asymmetric positions, i.e., positions with an unusual distribution of material, are mostly featured in the positional piece and queen sacrifice positions. In the last chapter entitled “Hot Games,” we present the analysis on the topics of various fascinating examples, from the latest games of today’s great players. We tried to choose the examples that were easy to follow, so they are embellished with diagrams and explained verbally as well. We paid more attention to the analysis of the positional sacrifice from the moment of its execution to the end of the game. Hence, the introductory part of each example may be somewhat shorter in relation to the first book. Finally, the invaluable exercises at the end of the book should be mentioned. The tasks cover four topics to make them as interesting and easy to solve as possible. The exercises are based on the correct assessment of asymmetric positions and, of course, on concrete calculations. In conclusion, we would like to emphasize that the book highlights the beauty of human ideas and their practical application. In some cases, the authors give preference to the human idea over the assessment of the computer. When a player cannot calculate complicated lines accurately, he should look for an alternative solution of the similar quality. One of the possible answers is the positional sacrifice that leads to asymmetric material and thus the change of the character of the fight. " 307 pages