New In Chess Yearbook 85 ( Haardbound - Rare )

For sale isNew In Chess Yearbook 85 — 2007 — Like New Condition — Hardbound — RareViswanathan Anand smiling on the cover and the headline "A Knight in Shining Armour: Anand's Anti-Moscow Slav Holds Firm" — the wordplay is perfect and the content behind it is serious. By 2007 Anand was on his way to reclaiming the undisputed world championship and his preparation was among the most sophisticated in the game. The Anti-Moscow Gambit had been one of the most theoretically explosive battlegrounds in the Semi-Slav complex for years, and when a player of Anand's caliber reports that a particular defensive approach holds firm, the chess world listens carefully.Alexander Grischuk enjoys a Scotch — black label. The double meaning is irresistible, and the suggestion that Grischuk found something strong and smooth in the Scotch Game is exactly the kind of headline that makes you want to read the survey immediately. Viktor Bologan on his teacher's pet move — the Chebanenko Slav — brings a deeply personal angle to one of the most flexible and fighting systems in the Semi-Slav complex, a student honoring and extending his teacher's theoretical legacy. Ivan Cheparinov tames a rebel in the Rauzer — the Rauzer has always attracted fighting players willing to enter sharp and dangerous territory, and taming it implies finding something that cuts through the complexity with unusual clarity. And the Volga is plain sailing for Pavel Tregubov — the Volga Gambit has been navigated by many players but plain sailing is not usually how it's described, which suggests Tregubov found something refreshingly straightforward in what is normally turbulent theoretical water.The volume contains more than 30 opening surveys across all major systems, written by grandmaster specialists with annotated games and supporting analysis throughout.Condition: Like New — hardbound, boards clean, pages bright and completely unmarked, binding firm throughout.

Condition: Like New.

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