The Complete Book of Chess Strategy: Grandmaster Techniques from A to Z

388 Pages·1998·15.36 MB·English

by  Jeremy Silman

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Copyright © 1998 by Jeremy Silman

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used
or reproduced in any manner whutsocver without wrillen permission
from the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in

critical articles and reviews.

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Libsary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Silman, Jeremy,
The complete book of chess strategy : grandmaster techniques from
AZ? by Jeremy Silman, — Ist ed
pom.

1, Chess—Itandbooks, manuals, ete

2, Chess—Openings—Handbook, manuals, ete
3, Chess—Middle games—Handbooks, manuals, etc.
4, Chess—Fndl games—andhooks, manuals, etc
1 Title,
GV1449,5.853 1998 794.2—de21 98-3844

(SEN: 1-490085-61-4
Cover design by Heidi Frieder
Cover photograph by Martin Cohen

Printed and bound in the United States of America

Siles Press
(3624 Shannon Road
Los Angeles, CA 90027
To my wife Gwen, who made this project possible
And, to alll the students Fve bad over the years who took
notes and gave me the ided for this book.

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION — xz!
SYMBOIJEGEND xvii

CHESS NOTATION — xix

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PART ONE

BASIC OPENING STRATEGY 3
CASTLING 4

DEVELOPMENT

FIANCHETTO 6

OPENING SYSTEMS 7
Albin Counter Gambit 8
Alekbine’s Defense 9
Henke Gambit 10
Boge-Tndian befense 12
Roring Opening (Reversed London System) 15
Botvinnik Kormation 18
Budapest Gambit 20
Care-Kann tiefonse 22
Center-Counter Defense 28
Colle Opening 30
Czech Benoni 32
Dutch pefense 33

Contents # vii
Hnglish Opening 35
Four Knights Opening
French Defense 41
Ginaco Piano 43

Gmbh 45
Gritnfeld Defense 46
Hedgebug Formation 48
King’s Gambit 50
King’s ndian Attack 32

Kings indian Defense 53
Tarson's Opening 55
Modern Benoni Defense
Ninzo-Indian Defense
Orangutan 39
Petvoff Defense 61
Pire Defense 63
Queen's Gambit, Chigorin S)

fem 66
Queen's Gambit Accepted 68
Queen's Gambit Declined 70

OG, Capablance's trecing Maneuver
QGD, Tarrasch Defense 72

Queen's indian Defense 73
Réti Opening 76

Ruy Lopez 78
Scotch Opening 81
Semi-Slav Defense 82

Sicilian Defense Bi
Slav Defense 94
Stomewall Attack 93
Torre Attack 94
‘trompouski Opening OF
Tien Knights Defense 9

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