Grivas Opening Laboratory - Volume 7
In the seventh and final book of the series we will complete our quest and finalise the building of our White repertoire based on 1.d4.
Firstly, we deal with how to face the āModern Defenceā, a duo of mainly strategic systems that were never extremely popular but are still played today, mostly at club playersā level.Ā The proposed systems are based on healthy central schemes, which score a modest 50.6% in a good number of games (approximately 27,500).Ā Well, this looks a bit low, as the average expected score of Whiteās āsuperiorityā is 51.5% to 52%, but it seems that players of the black pieces are better prepared and know the middlegame strategies in more depth.
Then we turn to the āPolish Defenceā, an opening which can transpose to the āSt. George Defenceā. This is an active opening, which was never extremely popular but is still played today, mostly at club level.Ā The proposed systems are again based on healthy central schemes, which score a good 60.0% across a good number of games (approximately 2,000).Ā This looks very high, against the average expectation of 51.5% to 52%, but it seems that Whiteās central advantage is a crucial factor and gives White the upper hand.
Then we move on to examine various side-lines, which are included in the āVarious Defencesā chapter.Ā These openings are the āDzindzi-Indian Defenceā, the āTango Defenceā, the Bozo-Indian Defenceā, the āEnglund Gambitā and the āOwen Defenceā.Ā Well, when well-prepared there is no reason to be afraid of these openings, but rather smile when facing them! Our proposed systems are based on healthy central schemes, which score quite well.
A reasonably big chapter in modern chess is the āBenoni Defenceā, a bucket of mainly tactical systems which have never been hugely popular, but are still played nowadays, again mostly at the level of the club player.Ā We will deal with the āOld Benoniā, the āCzech Benoniā, the āSchmid Benoniā, the āSnake Benoniā and, finally, the āClassical Modern Benoniā.
And finally we will deal with how to face the āOld Indian Defenceā, a modest but stable strategic system which never gained huge popularity, but as with the others is still played today, mostly at the club playersā level.Ā Our proposed systems are based, as always, on healthy central schemes, which score a strong 58.8% across a good number of games (approximately 4,550).Ā Well, this looks a bit high too, as the average expection as we know is 51.5% to 52%, but it seems that Whiteās spatial advantage is a crucial factor and gives White the upper hand.
In the book you will find not only a concrete and well-structured, move-by-move presentation, but also chapters on middlegames, endgames and tactics that are typical for the variations and will help you to understand things better.
Description
In the seventh and final book of the series we will complete our quest and finalise the building of our White repertoire based on 1.d4.
Firstly, we deal with how to face the āModern Defenceā, a duo of mainly strategic systems that were never extremely popular but are still played today, mostly at club playersā level.Ā The proposed systems are based on healthy central schemes, which score a modest 50.6% in a good number of games (approximately 27,500).Ā Well, this looks a bit low, as the average expected score of Whiteās āsuperiorityā is 51.5% to 52%, but it seems that players of the black pieces are better prepared and know the middlegame strategies in more depth.
Then we turn to the āPolish Defenceā, an opening which can transpose to the āSt. George Defenceā. This is an active opening, which was never extremely popular but is still played today, mostly at club level.Ā The proposed systems are again based on healthy central schemes, which score a good 60.0% across a good number of games (approximately 2,000).Ā This looks very high, against the average expectation of 51.5% to 52%, but it seems that Whiteās central advantage is a crucial factor and gives White the upper hand.
Then we move on to examine various side-lines, which are included in the āVarious Defencesā chapter.Ā These openings are the āDzindzi-Indian Defenceā, the āTango Defenceā, the Bozo-Indian Defenceā, the āEnglund Gambitā and the āOwen Defenceā.Ā Well, when well-prepared there is no reason to be afraid of these openings, but rather smile when facing them! Our proposed systems are based on healthy central schemes, which score quite well.
A reasonably big chapter in modern chess is the āBenoni Defenceā, a bucket of mainly tactical systems which have never been hugely popular, but are still played nowadays, again mostly at the level of the club player.Ā We will deal with the āOld Benoniā, the āCzech Benoniā, the āSchmid Benoniā, the āSnake Benoniā and, finally, the āClassical Modern Benoniā.
And finally we will deal with how to face the āOld Indian Defenceā, a modest but stable strategic system which never gained huge popularity, but as with the others is still played today, mostly at the club playersā level.Ā Our proposed systems are based, as always, on healthy central schemes, which score a strong 58.8% across a good number of games (approximately 4,550).Ā Well, this looks a bit high too, as the average expection as we know is 51.5% to 52%, but it seems that Whiteās spatial advantage is a crucial factor and gives White the upper hand.
In the book you will find not only a concrete and well-structured, move-by-move presentation, but also chapters on middlegames, endgames and tactics that are typical for the variations and will help you to understand things better.
