New In Chess Yearbook 66 ( Hardbound - Rare )

For sale is New In Chess Yearbook 66 — 2002 — Like New Condition — Hardbound — RareViswanathan Anand on the cover with the billing "your ideal opening guide" is a statement that would have meant something very specific to serious chess players in 2002. Anand was one of the most versatile and deeply prepared players in the world — equally comfortable in sharp tactical battles and long strategic grinding matches — and the idea of using his opening choices as a roadmap for your own repertoire is genuinely appealing. He didn't just play fashionable lines. He played correct ones.Viktor Kortchnoi does not believe in the Hedgehog — and when a player of Kortchnoi's stature and experience dismisses a system, the reasoning behind it is worth understanding in detail. Paul van der Sterren buries the Breyer, one of the most deeply analyzed variations in the entire Ruy Lopez, with what is presumably a devastating piece of new analysis. Miso Cebalo still has faith in the Benoni at a time when the engines were beginning to cast doubt on Black's long-term prospects there — a contrarian view worth examining. And Danish dynamite in the Kieseritzky Gambit promises exactly the kind of romantic attacking chess that never goes out of style for the right kind of player.The back cover lists an extraordinary 38 opening surveys in total — one of the most comprehensive volumes in the series. Seven different Sicilian variations including the Najdorf, Kalashnikov, Sveshnikov, Taimanov, Kan, and Nimzowitsch. Three French lines including the MacCutcheon and two Winawer surveys. Two Caro-Kann Advance lines. The Scandinavian Gubnitsky-Pytel Variation. The Petroff Marshall. Two Ruy Lopez lines including the Breyer. Two Two Knights lines. The King's Gambit Classical. The Chigorin Exchange. The Queen's Gambit Declined main line. Three Slav variations. The Catalan Open. Three Nimzo-Indian lines. The Queen's Indian Nimzowitsch. Two Grünfeld variations. Two King's Indian lines. The Benoni Modern Main Line. The Volga Gambit. And the Queen's Pawn Richter-Veresov Attack.Thirty-eight surveys across that range of openings makes this one of the genuinely great reference volumes in the entire run of the series.Condition: Like New — hardbound, boards clean, pages bright and completely unmarked, binding firm throughout.

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