New In Chess Yearbook 68 ( Hardbound - Rare )
For sale isNew In Chess Yearbook 68 — 2003 — Like New Condition — Hardbound — RareAlexander Grischuk was one of the most dangerous and creative players in the world in 2003, and the headline "crushes a tricky Sicilian line — twice!" tells you everything about the kind of practical damage a well-prepared grandmaster could inflict when the series was capturing theory at its most alive. Crushing the same tricky line twice isn't a coincidence — it's a statement that something has been genuinely resolved, at least for now.The supporting features have the wit and personality that the series had fully grown into by this point. McShane on the edge in the Grünfeld Exchange — Luke McShane was one of the most exciting young English talents of his generation, and edge is probably an understatement for the kind of positions he gravitated toward. Then comes what may be the single most entertaining survey title in the entire run of the series — "Königsspringerzurückhaltungspolitik in the Scandinavian" — a gloriously German compound word for the policy of knight restraint, the kind of inside chess humor that tells you the contributors were genuinely enjoying themselves. Shirov's revenge in the Botvinnik Semi-Slav. The Leko clan's favourite weapon against the Catalan.Inside the volume 37 surveys cover the full landscape of opening theory — eight Sicilian variations including the Najdorf, Rauzer, Sveshnikov, Taimanov, Kan, Alapin, and Anti-Sicilian lines, three French variations, two Caro-Kann lines, the Scandinavian, the Pirc Austrian Attack, the King's Fianchetto, two Ruy Lopez lines, the Scotch Mieses, the Two Knights Traxler, the Queen's Gambit Blackburne, three Slav variations including the Botvinnik, the Catalan, two Nimzo-Indian lines, the Queen's Indian Petrosian, three Grünfeld variations, the King's Indian Sämisch, the Dutch Leningrad, and the English Mikenas.Condition: Like New — hardbound, boards clean, pages bright and completely unmarked, binding firm throughout.
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