Semi-Closed Openings in Action (Intermediate)An ideal read for chess players looking to improve their understanding of the semi-closed openings, this book provides a unique insight into the way a top Grandmaster approaches opening theory. In this fourth and concluding volume of Anatoly Karpov’s semi-closed openings series, the most important developments in the Grunfeld, Queen’s Indian, King’s Indian, and Nimzo-Indian Defenses are explained and examined. Each variation is analyzed in depth, using complete games from recent Grandmaster play to illustrate how opening ideas are put into action in the middlegame and endgame. |
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9 bc advance advantage to White Axe4 Axe5 Axe7 Axf6 better bishop Black obtained Black played Black resigned Black's position c-pawn cd xd5 centre chess Chess Informant continuation counterplay dangerous for Black dc bc DODO DODO DODO Draw agreed encountered endgame ending event example extra pawn favour fianchetto followed Grandmaster Grünfeld Defence immediate Karpov-Kasparov Game Kasparov Kasparov-Karpov king King's Indian Defence kingside knight Korchnoi Lvov main games mate Minsk Moscow move 12 Nimzo-Indian Defence novelty opening opponent parov perpetual check pieces position arises possible Queen's Indian Defence queenside retreat rook seizes the initiative Seville square tage text game Tilburg Timman tion unclear play variation We3+ White resigned White's advantage World Champion World Championship xc3+ xd2+ xd4 xd4 xd5 xd5 xf2+ xf6 xf6 xf6+ xf8+ xg4+ аб еб сб