Every chessplayer who aspires to achieve chess mastery must learn the techniques for winning a won game. It is the perennial problem which confronts players at all levels of play. This book will enable chessplayers to better recognize their positional advantages and the ways in which these can be used in order to bring them closer to victory.
In this collaboration between three highly experienced authors, the eighteen best chess players of the world in the 21st century are presented to the reader with four deeply annotated games and an illuminating portrait.These players are: Anand, Kramnik, Topalov, Morozevich, Svidler, Mamedyarov, Shirov, Leko, Ivanchuk, Aronian (the top 10 in January 2008); the stars likely to dominate in the next decade, Carlsen, Karjakin, Radjabov, Wang Yue, Ponomariov and Grischuk, the best female player ever, Judit Polgar, as well as World Championship finalist and comeback kid, American star Gata Kamsky.
Grandmaster Repertoire is a new series of high quality chess books based on the main lines, written by strong grandmasters. The aim is to provide the reader with a complete opening repertoire at a level good enough for elite tournaments, and certainly also for the club championship. Lubomir Ftacnik is a renowned opening analyst with great experience and expertise in the Sicilian Defense. In this book he reveals his secrets to provide a complete repertoire for Black against 1.e4 with 1...c5. The meat of the repertoire is the Sicilian Najdorf the perennial favourite of those who want to attack with Black. It is no coincidence that Fischer, Kasparov and Anand have all relied on the Najdorf. Naturally, Whites less critical tries are also covered, such as the 2.c3, 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+, and the Closed Sicilian. A sharp yet sound complete repertoire Critical lines explained by an expert Hundreds of novelties Busts many recommended lines
Sicilská obrana je jedno z nejoblíbenějších a zároveň nejúspěšnějších zahájení proti 1.e4. Repertoárová kniha velmistra Ftáčnika vás seznámí poutavou formou o labyrintech tohoto zahájení a bude inspirací do dalších bojů.
