Description
In this volume Alexei Kornev, largely examines the Pirc defence. An opening with various peculiarities. One advantage of it in comparison to other openings is that it has not been analyzed so thoroughly. Most chess players who choose 1.e4 spend most of their study time on the Sicilian Defence or 1…e5. This enables the black player to be able to play not only to draw, but to be able to play dynamically and assert the initiative.
In addition to Pirc, the author discusses in the first part of the book all possible layouts in which White does not choose the moves 1.e4 and 1.d4. Moves such as 1.f4, 1.b3, 1.b4 (Chapter 1), 1.J3 (Chapter 2), 1.c4 (Chapters 3, 4) are analyzed. The second part of the book (Chapters 5-9) is devoted to opening patterns in which White plays 1.d4, but then does not follow c4. The Trompowsky attack (1.d4 Ng6 2.Bg5) and the London system (d4, Nf3, Bf4) are introduced. In response to these set-ups Black, as a rule, chooses lines based on …Nf6 and …g6. The positions and patterns which result are similar to the King’s Indian Defence , or to the Pirc Defence.
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