Chess Stars, 2011. — 384 p. — ISBN13: 978-9548782838. Nowadays the French Defence 1...e6 is one of the most popular openings in response to 1.e4. I'd like to suggest a new concept of combating it. White plays 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 and then deploys his pieces according to the scheme Ngf3, Bd3, c3, 0-0, against almost anything that Black may play. This will usually lead to exchanges in the centre and the appearance of an isolated queen's pawn for White.
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Everyman Chess, 2017. — 400 p. — ISBN13: 978-1781943748. The English (1 c4) is a fine choice for players who like to enjoy a wide variety of middlegame positions. One of its great attractions is flexibility and diversity: White can play either aggressively or quietly, and the resultant middlegame positions are rich in both strategy and tactics. In this book, International...
Thinkers Publishing, 2018. — 208 p. — ISBN: 9789492510310. This book is devoted to typical methods of play in the middlegame. This topic, of course, is not new. Many books have been written on it at different times by authors old and modern. Unfortunately, the content of such books is not always error-free, as I have experienced many times. Therefore the emphasis in my book is...
Quality Chess, 2016. — 504 p. — (Grandmaster Repertoire 6A). — ISBN13: 978-1907982637. The Sicilian Defence is the most combative way to meet 1.e4, but Black's hopes of reaching his favourite Dragon, Najdorf or Sveshnikov are often quashed at an early stage. In Grandmaster Repertoire 6A – Beating the Anti-Sicilians, grandmaster Vassilios Kotronias provides full coverage against...
New In Chess, 2015. — 358 p. — ISBN13: 978-90-5691-574-2. When Viktor Moskalenko’s 'The Flexible French' appeared in 2008, it caused a sensation. It was hailed by reviewers from all over the world as eye-opening, full of new ideas, easy to read, sparkling, and inspirational. Time has not stood still, and the popular French Defence has seen a lot of new theoretical developments,...
Thinkers Publishing, 2017. — 228 p. — ISBN: 978-94-9251-001-3. After his outstanding book from 2008, 'Winning Chess Middlegames', Grandmaster Ivan Sokolov takes us a step further into his dungeon of middlegame skills. In his well known style, Sokolov focuses on the different aspects of the complex middlegame. As usual Ivan breaks new ground and provides us with a variety of...
Ginger GM Publishing, 2016. — 312 p. A new monograph dedicated to the French defense. French Advance French Advance: Introduction 1st Introductory Game: Shabalov, A - Shirov, A 2nd Introductory Game: Grischuk, A - Short, N French Advance: Theory A: 5…Bd7 6.Be2 French Advance: Theory B: 5…Bd7 6.a3?! French Advance: Theory C: Early Deviations by White French Advance: Summary...
