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Beating 1e4 e5: A repertoire for White in the Open Games by John Emms

Beating 1e4 e5: A repertoire for White in the Open Games John Emms ebook
Format: pdf
Page: 224
ISBN: 9781857446173
Publisher: Everyman Chess

So it wasn't until last month's Western States Open that I got to play an authentic Bird's Opening against IM Ed Formanek. He beat me in very instructive fashion, and in the process gave me some idea how White can get into trouble. I've been back on a 1.d4 kick as If you do not mind playing with an isolani (which you get sometimes with the Smith-Morra), I would most recommend to you Sam Collins's "An Attacking Repertoire for White. Instead our subsequent games (when he had White) went 1. I don't disagree that Marin's A Spanish Repertoire for Black and Beating the Open Games are good books. 1.e4 e5 2.Nf6 Nc6 ( typical) other responses like Nf6 can be interesting then 3.d4 you get similar games like the S&M I used to play that last year when I was doing EXACTLY your repertoire and playing 1.e4. Marin didn't consult any other 1 e4 e5 repertoire books like The Ruy Lopez: A Guide for Black, Play 1 e4 e5, The Chess Advantage in Black and White, Play the Open Games as Black, etc, or Chesspublishing.com! Did Marin think he knew it all and didn't need to consult these sources? E4 e5, and he almost always won. Playing these lines as White on occasion can help you understand them better. In human terms White's position is unpleasant to play. Tail-ender Luke McShane managed to beat world number 2 Levon Aronian with the black pieces, sacrificing an exchange in the opening and avoiding a repetition of moves a few times. Tomashevsky follows the line that is advocated in the very recent book "The Open Games for Black - A Complete Black Repertoire with 1.e4 e5 against everything except the Ruy Lopez" by Igor Lysyj & Roman Ovetchkin. As many readers know, I have been a long-time advocate of the Bird Variation of the Ruy Lopez for Black (1. I have never seen anyone suggest such a system (though Andrew Martin's "Repertoire 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 This should be at the core of any Open Game repertoire for Black. I really liked it, as it lead to kooky open games. It is also so solid that it will give your opponents nightmares trying to beat you. The one big complaint that I have about the books is Marin's bibliography.