Two compelling titles now brought together in one volume! Beating
Unusual Chess Defences: 1 e4: Dealing with the Scandinavian, Pirc,
Modern, Alekhine and other tricky lines by Andrew Greet. Anyone who
plays 1 e4 as White must be prepared not only for Black's main defences
but also an assortment of less popular lines. These, when taken
together, represent a significant percentage of the replies you can
expect to meet when opening 1 e4. Dealing with these slightly offbeat
variations is often a daunting task, especially since your opponents are
likely to be specialists in these lines and therefore know them inside
out. Beating Unusual Chess Defences provides the perfect solution.
International Master Andrew Greet gets to grips with each of these
tricky openings. He identifies how to exploit their weaknesses whilst
avoiding their strengths, thus constructing a practical and dependable
repertoire for White. This book covers everything a 1 e4 player needs to
know about facing these defences. Beating Unusual Chess Openings:
Dealing with the English, Reti, King's Indian Attack and other annoying
systems by Richard Palliser 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 theoffbeat
(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.
