Batsford Chess Library
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An Opening Repertoire for the Attacking Player
by Raymond Keene and D.N.L. Levy
In 1993 Garry Kasparov and Nigel Short broke away from FIDE. This book gives Nigel Short?s best games, with meticulously researched comments, against top players, and shows how he qualified to meet the great Kasparov in their million dollar clash in London. Short?s victims include Timman, Speelman, Ijubojevic, Karpov and Kasparov himself.
This book deals exclusively with the gambit play, openings where one side or another gives up a pawn or more for speedy development, open lines and attacking chances. Play generally proceeds on sharply since inevitably the player who has sacrificed material must maintain the initiative or else the extra material will soon count against him. Illustrative games are used to demonstrate each of the moves in turn.
This book provides "ammunition" for White chess players wishing to open with 1 d4 and 2 c4. A solid, agressive style is presented and well-known players' moves from famous tournaments are cited throughout as examples. The author is a Grand Master. He has also written "An Opening Repertoire for the Attacking Player".
Published 26 October 1976
The average club or tournament player has little time for an exhaustive study of opening theory, but does need to obtain a satisfactory middle-game position. This work is intended to provide all he needs to know to reach interesting and sharp positions which offer good prospects for the imaginative player. The authors give one line against each popular variation, with particular care being taken to choose systems which will suit the attacking player's style. A parallel volume, "Chess Openings for You", is intended to be equally suited to the positional player. Grandmaster Raymond Keene has written many chess books, including "How to Play the Nimzo-Indian" (with Shaun Taulbut) and "Batsford Chess Openings" (with Gary Kasparov). International Master David Levy specializes in sharp variations, his works including "Sicilian Dragon: Classical and Levenfish Variations" and "How to Play the King's Indian Defence".
If you do not yet have a chess rating and are not particularly interested in competing in chess tournaments then this is the book for you! Keene has constructed a self testing rating system which enables the reader to gauge their rating strength. If you do not wish to take the tests simply play over and enjoy fine games.