Lev Osipovich Alburt Roman Dzindzichashvili (2 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 2nd Edition. 552 pages with diagrams and photographs. Octavo (9" x 8") bound in original publisher's pictorial wrappers. Second revised and updated. In this book, the first to focus on these issues, Steve Giddins provides common-sense guidance on one of the perennial problems facing chess-players. He tackles questions such as: whether to play main lines, offbeat openings or 'universal' systems; how to avoid being 'move-ordered'; how to use computers; if and when to depart from or change your repertoire. Giddins argues that from novice to grandmaster, a player's basic task when choosing a repertoire is the same: he needs to select openings that suit his playing style and that he can play with confidence. The repertoire should not require more memory work and study than he is capable of, or has time for. The book is rounded off with a look at the use of 'role models' and an investigation of the repertoires of leading players past and present. Condition: Near fine.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 548 pages with diagrams and photographs. Octavo (8 3/4" x 6") bound in original publisher's pictorial wrappers. First edition. Every chess player needs a set of openings he can trust. Use Bobby Fischer's favorite first move, 1. e2-e4, to begin your games as White--and know the ideas and moves that follow, no matter how Black defends! White moves first in chess and can, if he's well prepared, immediately put the pressure on Black. In this highly praised volume, three leading grandmasters logically explain a system of carefully selected and interrelated openings, covering all responses by Black! You also get a an informative review of every opening from White's point of view, even ones not part of the book's recommended repertoire. This book, together with its companion volume, Chess Openings for Black, Explained (available separately), gives you the most thorough explanation of chess opening ideas available. More than 1,700 diagrams let you study many positions without using a chess set. Condition: Some pencil marginalia, edge wear with bumped corners else about very good.