Kovalchuk - The Benko Gambit Revisited vol. 1

Kaartspel van het merk Bicycle, bekend en erkend door alle tovenaars en liefhebbers van kwaliteitvolle kaarten.

Set bestaande uit een set T5 stukken zin met lood en vild en in hout (klassiek Staunton model) en een schaakbord (50x50 cm) in wengé/rozenhout neopreen met cijfers en letters.

Deze set is aantrekkelijk geprijsd, praktisch omdat het schaakbord kan worden opgerold en comfortabel om op te spelen.

afmetingen bord is 50 x50 cm

veld is 55mm

Koning is 95 mm

Geleverd met 2 extra-dames

Jeu de 54 cartes Bicycle. Egalement disponible avec un dos bleu (le préciser dans les remarques lors de votre commande).

Although known for a long time, the London started to catch up in popularity just in the last decade or so. I guess the reason for this is probably the desire of many players to focus more on the practical side of chess, with less use of engines and less memorization of long theoretical lines, and more about positional understanding of game. I must say, it received a huge boost not only in the number of games but also in a deeper understanding of the positions arising from the opening. In the past it was used from time to time, but only a few players employed it on a regular basis, such as grandmasters from former Yugoslavia, Milorad Knezevic and Vlado Kovacevic, and the English GM Tony Miles, who used it often.
Today, Kamsky is one of the players who uses it very often, and of course Magnus Carlsen, but we have many other grandmasters and non-grandmasters who now have it in their repertoire on a regular basis. I must say that it’s also important to emphasize the move orders of the line, and due to that we have an immense number of transpositions, which you don’t find so much in other openings.
My experience with the London is good and bad: after I lost a game to grandmaster Volkov in the Rilton Cup, I decided that such positions are not exactly my cup of tea, but in 2019 I picked it up again in one game in a World Senior tournament and produced a very good game. So, as in any opening, good and bad games can happen, but the London itself became a very important part of 1.d4 theory.
Milos Pavlovic, 2024.

248 PAGES Hardcover

Siliconen schaakstukken en schaakbord. Het schaakbord is beschikbaar in bruin of groen. De voordelen van Silicone zijn dat de stukken onverwoestbaar zijn (tenzij je ze in het vuur gooit...) en dat het schaakbord altijd zijn perfecte vorm behoudt, zelfs als het van tevoren is gevouwen of opgerold. Deze set is bijzonder geschikt voor kinderen. De afmetingen zijn zoals in clubs: 55 mm vierkant voor het schaakbord en 95 mm hoog voor de koning.

Without doubt, one of the best difficulty/price ratios in cubes, the famous square-1, here in an old-fashioned sticker version.