The Liberated Bishop Defence: A Surprising and Complete Black Repertoire against 1.d4 – Alexey Bezgodov

Description

In many 1.d4 openings, Black has difficulty getting his bishop on c8 into play. Former Russian Chess Champion Alexey Bezgodov gives a radical solution to this achin problem: liberate your bishop right away and put it on f5 on the second move!

Playing 2…Bf5! against either 2.c4 or 2.Nf3 will surprise your opponent and is also a good way to support your development, because the bishop takes control of the important square e4. If White does not immediately take decisive action, then within a move or two he can relinquish any hopes on an opening advantage.

Alexey Bezgodov has studied and played this chess opening system for many years. He has found some great antidotes to White’s most threatening reactions in sharp and attractive lines. To test your understanding of his system he has enclosed more than 100 exercises.

After studying the new ideas and the clear explanations presented in The Liberated Bishop Defence every chess player will love the flexibility of a surprising, effective and universal weapon against 1.d4.

Alexey Bezgodov (1969) is a Russian Grandmaster and writer. He was Russian Champion in 1993 and came shared first in the 1999 Ukrainian Championship. He is the author of

He is the author of

• The Extreme Caro-Kann,
• Defend Like Petrosian
• The Double Queen’s Gambit, and
• The Art of the Tarrasch Defence,