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Product: A Killer Chess Opening Repertoire - new enlarged edition (Sverre's Chess Openings)
Description: "This is a neat little book which can provide serious ammunition for keen club players." - Sean Marsh, marshtowers.blogspot.com

Bored with the same old openings? Worried about having to learn too much theory? Then this book will come as a godsend. Aaron Summerscale presents a set of exceptionally dangerous opening weapons for White. Each recommended line is based on a solid positional foundation, yet also promises long-term (and short-term!) attacking chances. The variations are not just easy to learn and play, but they also set Black complex problems.

* A queen's pawn repertoire based on rapid piece development
* Reveals many lethal attacking ideas and traps
* Features the legendary '150' and Barry Attacks
* More than 500 chess diagrams

For this new edition, the publishers enlisted the help of hotshot opening writer Sverre Johnsen, who has updated the coverage where necessary, while retaining the spirit, charm and aims of Summerscale's original work. The killer repertoire remains easy to learn, and is now more dangerous than ever!

Grandmaster Aaron Summerscale is a prominent figure in UK chess, who won the British Rapidplay Championship in 2000. He is also a renowned chess trainer, and has been involved in coaching some of England's best junior players. Sverre Johnsen is from Norway, and an enthusiastic chess analyst, researcher, organizer and writer.

"For those of you who are unfamiliar with the original book, the repertoire is based on 1 d4, and the proposed lines are designed to counter any Black reply. Rather than sticking to main line theoretical variations, the emphasis is on somewhat offbeat lines which are easy to learn and not liable to be demolished overnight. (About one third of the book is taken up with the 150 Attack and the Barry Attack.) The emphasis is on explaining the ideas behind the variations, rather than on presenting masses of analysis. The book is aimed at club players who want to build up a solid repertoire as White and as such does what it says on the cover" - Alan Sutton, En Passant

"Johnsen has chosen to build on the first edition, addressing the areas where theory has substantially changed or Summerscale's original coverage needed expanding. There are seven new model games (68 overall) which strike a good balance between explanatory prose and concrete variations. The present edition is approximately 50 pages longer than the first but the reader gets more than this as the Gambit format uses a slightly smaller font style than the original. All the analysis has been blunderchecked by Rybka 3. ... offers a nice mix for the player who doesn't like to study theory too much but still wants a chance to come out of the opening with chances for an advantage. The proposed repertoire also offers a variety of middle game pawn structures (for and against the isolated queen pawn, hanging pawns, Benoni structures, etc...) that promise to keep things fresh." - IM John Donaldson, Gold-Medal Winning USA Team Captain
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Product: Keep it Simple: 1.e4: A Solid and Straightforward Chess Opening Repertoire for White
Description: Why is this repertoire called simple? For the simple reason that the variations are straightforward, easy to remember and require little or no maintenance. International Master Christof Sielecki has created a reliable set of lines for chess players of almost all levels. The major objective is to dominate Black in the opening, by simple means. You don’t need to sacrifice anything or memorize long tactical lines. Unless Black plays something stupid, when tactics are the simplest punishment.

Sielecki developed this repertoire working with students who were looking for something that was easy to understand and to learn. Most of the lines he selected are occasionally played by grandmasters, but on the whole they lie outside the mainstream of opening theory. That means that there is hardly any need to monitor theoretical developments.

Sielecki always clearly explains the plans and counterplans and keeps you focussed on what the position requires. Ambitious players rated 1500 or higher will get great value out of studying this extremely accessible book.
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Product: My First Chess Opening Repertoire for Black: A Ready-to-go Package for Ambitious Beginners
Description: Every chess player needs to decide which openings he or she is going to play. But where do you start? The risk of drowning in the turbulent sea of chess opening theory is only too real for beginning amateurs.Often your goals and ambitions will be misguided. If you are trying to win in 20 moves, copy what's in fashion among top-GM's or memorize variations, you are wasting your time. Most likely you will never get to play your ‘preparation' and end up aimlessly switching from one opening to the other. After the success of his volume for White, experienced French chess trainer Vincent Moret now provides a complete, ready-to-go chess opening repertoire for Black. It consists of a sound set of lines that do not outdate rapidly, do not require memorization and are easy to digest for beginners and post-beginners.To show the typical plans and the underlying ideas in the various lines of his repertoire, Moret not only selected games of Grandmasters. He also uses games of young, improving players to highlight the errors they tend to make.
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Product: A Simple Chess Opening Repertoire for White
Description: “I like the book very much. The author presents some fresh and amusing ideas” – IM Dirk Schuh, Rochade Europa

A quick-to-learn king's pawn repertoire with healthy development and attacking chances

By choosing variations that lead to similar structures, highly experienced player, writer and teacher Sam Collins has put together an ideal repertoire for players with limited study time. White opens with 1 e4 and develops his pieces to natural squares and seeks open lines and the initiative.

A successful repertoire is more than a set of variations; it also requires strategic understanding of the resulting positions and a knowledge of the key tactical methods and patterns. Because many of Collins’s recommendations lead to IQP (Isolated Queen’s Pawn) structures, ideas can easily be transplanted from one opening to another. He gives complete illustrative games that emphasize the main themes. The specific analysis is up-to-the-minute and features many new ideas that have proven their worth in recent grandmaster practice. Throughout there is a great deal of attention to move-order subtleties and on finding nuances in ‘sidelines’ that your opponents are most unlikely to have examined in detail.

Irish international master Sam Collins won the championship of his home country in 2002 and 2014. He has represented Ireland in numerous olympiads, winning a gold medal at Bled in 2002. He is also an experienced chess teacher who has lectured at the Berkeley Chess School in California. His previous books for Gambit were "Chess Explained: The c3 Sicilian" and the highly successful general opening work "Understanding the Chess Openings".

“A worthy addition to the opening repertoire books on the market ... highly recommended” – Miguel Ararat, www.gainesvillechesstraining.com

“Sam Collins delivers a small but very well thought out repertoire book for White, based on lines that I have seen hardly before – for example the Italian line 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bc4 Bc5 4 c3 Nf6 5 d4 exd4 6 cxd4 Bb4+ 7 Nbd2!?. One of the most interesting repertoire books at this moment!” – John Elburg, www.chessbooks.nl

“A Simple Opening Repertoire for White could be subtitled play the IQP and win. Indeed the IQP or Isolated Queen Pawn is the heart and soul of this cleverly designed opening repertoire.” – IM John Donaldson, Gold-Medal Winning USA Team Captain
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Product: A Strategic Chess Opening Repertoire for White: A complete plan of attack with 1 d4 and 2 c4
Description: Such has been the acclaim for John Watson's ground-breaking works on modern chess strategy and his insightful opening books, that it is only natural that he now presents a strategic opening repertoire.

It is the chess-player's holy grail: a flexible repertoire that gives opponents real problems but doesn't require masses of memorization or continual study of ever-changing grandmaster theory. While this book can't quite promise all of that, Watson offers an intriguing selection of lines that give vast scope for over-the-board creativity and should never lead to a dull draw.

The repertoire is based on 1 d4 and 2 c4, following up with methodical play in the centre. Watson uses his vast opening knowledge to pick cunning move-orders and poisonous sequences that will force opponents to think for themselves, providing a true test of chess understanding. Throughout, he discusses strategies for both sides, so readers will be fully ready to pounce on any inaccuracies, and have all the tools to decide on the most appropriate plans for White.
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Product: Kaufman's New Repertoire for Black and White: A Complete, Sound and User-Friendly Chess Opening Repertoire (New in Chess)
Brand: New In Chess
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Product: The Chess Advantage in Black and White: Opening Moves of the Grandmasters
Brand: Brand: Random House Puzzles Games
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Product: A Startling Chess Opening Repertoire: New Edition
Brand: Gambit Publications
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Product: How to Build Your Chess Opening Repertoire
Brand: Brand: Gambit Publications
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Product: Chess Openings for Black, Explained: A Complete Repertoire
Brand: Chess Information and Research Center
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Product: A Startling Chess Opening Repertoire
Brand: Brand: Everyman Chess
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Product: The Kaufman Repertoire for Black and White: A Complete, Sound and User-friendly Chess Opening Repertoire
Brand: imusti
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