How to crush your chess opponents pdf

Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 b6! Qc2 variation. Qc2 is 4. GM Gustafsson in his Qc2 Nimzo videos considers the continuation at 23 rather harmless because of Qe7, with nthe idea of In practice, Black has faced a few quick disasters after greedily going for a Ba6- Bxc4 plan, which allows white a very dangerous initiative- but if Black plays sane chess, the game is more or less equal. Forums Game Showcase. May 25, 0. Lets examine the evidence: "is the Nimzo a horrible opening? Now lets look at the other side: 1.

IM pfren. This reminds me of the ,,, other threads on "[Insert random opening] refuted!!!! May 26, 0. Lucia : Agreed! They just made one about gambits. How much worse can it get? It's about time people learned that chess and sales pitches don't mix. You can't make an opening good just by saying that it is. A move is either good or it isn't. May 27, 0. Lucia wrote: I might be mistaken but why does the opponent play b6? Isn't the main line c5? I don't know much about the Nimzo but b6 allows e4 and Bd3 and also to kick away the knight who serves as defender of the King with e5.

After And if you play d5, the same as in this variation. However, Varo wrote: youre opponent played 4. Log In or Join. Simon Williams, one of Britain's most dynamic and aggressive chess-players, has selected his favourite attacking games from the modern era, and annotated them with an infectious zeal that will inspire and instruct. He takes us inside the decision-making process, explaining how each stage in an attacking concept is formed, and shows how top players spot the signs that indicate it is time to stake everything on an all-out assault.

We also get insights into the role of intuition and calculation in both attack and defence. Simon Williams is an experienced international grandmaster from England who has gained a reputation for playing uninhibited attacking chess. He represented England in World and European Championships in various age groups, and has been a regular in the British Championship since his early teens, an event in which he was runner-up in Download a pdf file with a sample from the book.

Strong players should buy it just for pure enjoyment, and for the fact that the diagrams are plentiful enough so as to barely need a board and pieces. The annotations to the games elevate some underlying points to the surface, things that many of us fail to realize or simply don't know. Along the way what is delivered is a sense of how to play with the initiative or carry out a plan of attack, aspects that can best be appreciated in the context of whole games.

There are several comments in the introduction or at the beginnings of chapters that are not part of the annotations; these carried a lot of weight with me as they resonated with my own thoughts. The emphasis is on the thought and decision-making processes involved rather than the what might have been if something else had been played.