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Bezgodov/Barsky - The scotch game a white repertoire
The Scotch Game is a solid opening that has been tried and tested in practice by some of the strongest chessplayers in the world for more than two centuries. The idea behind the Scotch Game is simple and easily understandable. White eliminates – in a purely mechanical fashion – Black’s e5-pawn which initially impedes his ambition to dominate in the center.
This is very appealing for White, as he controls the direction of the struggle’s development, while Black can only try to keep pace. Furthermore, there are relatively simple schemes in the white repertoire in which it is enough to remember the main plans of both sides and typical maneuvers.
This is the second edition of Vladimir Barsky’s book that first appeared in 2009. The new edition consists of seven chapters dealing with the core ideas and variations of the Scotch, supplemented by 79 Illustrative Games. The authors not only present detailed analysis of all lines but are also careful to discuss the ideas behind the opening. If you already play the Scotch, you need this book. If you don’t, find out what you have been missing. 224 pages
ALTERMAN - The Alterman Gambit Guide White gambits
Evidemment, un “Black Gambits” suivra inévitablement Ce premier tome est consacré à 10 gambits blancs - 7 après 1.e4 e5, 1 sur la Caro (6.Fg5 dans la Panov), 1 sur la Sicilienne (le Morra) et 1 sur la Française (le Milner-Barry). Comme souvent en pareil cas, l'auteur oublie un peu la nécessaire objectivité (on aura profit à checker d'autres sources), mais il fait un bon boulot pour exposer un grand nombre d'idées typiques et instructives.
Bargsten - The Italian Opening for White
With this work, the author aims to illustrate the modern ideas of the Italian Opening to players at a medium level. It deals with positions based on White's slow plan, i.e. if he chooses a calm approach characterized by positional ideas. The author does not attempt to offer the reader a complete repertoire, but rather to explain the ideas of the emerging middlegame positions. The material primarily includes the systems 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 h6 6.0-0 d6 7.Re1 a6 8.a4 Ba7 9.Nbd2 0-0 10.h3 and 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 d6 6.0-0 0-0 7.h3 h6 8.Re1 a5, where especially the latter has gained enormous popularity in current practice
Kotronias - The Safest Scandinavian Reloaded
A completely revised edition, which retains the structure of the first edition but is based on new analysis of all critical lines.
This book presents a Black repertoire based on the Scandinavian Defence with 3...Qd6. This is the safest yet aggressive queen retreat. It allows Black to increase pressure on d4 with ...0-0-0 or ...Rd8 while keeping coordination in the centre. Kotronias offers new plans for Black in the most topical lines. They are backed with deep analysis based on solid chess understanding.
As Kotronias puts in the introduction chapter:
"(...) Instead of reprinting the book, the publisher offered me to make a new, revised edition. It took me almost a year to analyse all the new developments and repertoire books that proposed dangerous new weapons against the Qd6 Scandinavian. Meanwhile the AI engines surged, with their original view on some positions. The result is a completely rewritten book, with major corrections, especially in its second half. The structure of variations remained the same, but I introduced many improvements in the subsequent play. I also added some games of mine from the last year." 300 pages
SCHILLER, WATSON - Survive & Beat Annoying Chess Openings : the Open Games
Nouvel avatar d'un genre florissant, que je qualifierai de semi-répertoire. L'idée est celle-ci : vous avez prévu de faire d'une certaine ouverture votre cheval de bataille (disons par exemple l'Italienne avec les blancs, ou la Petroff avec les noirs), et après avoir potassé le sujet, vous vous rendez compte avec effroi qu'il vous reste à dénicher dans le maquis de la théorie des moyens de lutter contre les innombrables ouvertures et variantes annexes que des adversaires indélicats s'ingénient à vous opposer. Eh bien, les auteurs (bien connus) de cet ouvrage ont travaillé pour vous, et vous proposent un choix de lignes fiables pour les deux camps. Sont ainsi proposés pour les blancs des moyens de lutter contre les lignes marginales de l'Espagnole et l'Italienne (vous êtes évidemment supposés être armés contre les lignes principales, puisqu'il s'agit du corps de votre répertoire), contre la Philidor, le Gambit Letton et le Gambit du centre (alias Eléphant), et bien sûr contre la Petroff (avec deux lignes proposées, la variante Morozevich 5.Fd3 et la variante Kaufmann 5.c4). Pour les noirs, vous trouverez de quoi vous défendre contre le Gambit-roi, contre tous les agaçants gambits centraux blancs (Danois, Göring, Ecossais), contre l'Ecossaise (avec au choix 4...g6 ou 4...Fb4+) et l'Italienne (avec là encore un choix proposé), enfin contre les lignes marginales de la Petroff et contre la variante d'échange de l'Espagnole. En bref, une bonne mine d'idées originales si vous n'avez pas envie de potasser encyclopédies et monographies.