BEATING THE FIANCHETTO DEFENCES (Efstratios Grivas)
192
pages (248 mm by 172 mm).
£15.99/$26.95/€21,60
Grivas provides a full and detailed repertoire for White
against five important openings: the Grünfeld, King's Indian, Benoni,
Benko and Modern. In each case, he has recommended a line in which he has a
wealth of experience, and has played a significant personal role in developing
over many years. The recommendations are geared towards posing Black
unconventional problems: your opponents will not be able to churn out lengthy
memorized variations, but will need to solve problems at the board in positions
that are somewhat different in character from those normally reached in these
openings. Grivas has also chosen the repertoire so that it forms a seamless
whole, and will fit alongside an English or Réti move-order, in addition
to a standard 1 d4 repertoire.
Grandmaster Efstratios Grivas lives in Athens and is
also a Senior FIDE Trainer, International Arbiter and Organizer. He has
represented his country on a great many occasions, winning an individual gold
medal at the 1989 European Team Championship and an individual silver medal at
the 1998 Olympiad. He is a federal trainer and an experienced writer. This is
his second book on chess openings for Gambit.
Download a pdf file with a
sample from the book.
Gambit books by Grivas: A Complete
Guide to the Grivas Sicilian, Beating
the Fianchetto Defences, Chess College 1:
Strategy, Chess College 2: Pawn Play,
Chess College 3: Technique, Modern Chess Planning.
"Rarely does a grandmaster so clearly demonstrate what type
of endgame positions are the direction of an opening and how to proceed in
those endgame positions. In some ways this is like a book and a half. I am
certain the some of the analysis will change, that is only the nature of the
beast. Still, there is more than enough material in this book to reward the
ardent student with points gleaned directly from its pages." - Bill McGeary,
www.chessville.com
"Do you need a repertoire against those blasted King's
Indians, Gruenfelds, Benko Gambits, Benonis, and Moderns? Well, pull up your
stool and pay attention." - Bob Long, www.chessco.com
"I highly recommend this book to ambitious players, it will
be an excellent tool for those who want to be well-prepared and who play to
win. There is a little bias for White's cause, but Grivas supports his
presentation exceedingly well, with loads of new ideas and original analysis, a
tell-tale sign of an author strongly committed to his project." - Carsten
Hansen, Chess Cafe
"A serious repertoire book for the 'd4 c4' player who likes
extra space, sound and solid positions and small but workable advantages." -
Phil Adams, Three Cs
website
"...a thoughtful and useful work which will benefit players
at all levels up to a rating of 2300." - John Saunders,
BCM
"This is a deeply researched and creative repertoire book.
Grivas reveals many 'hidden' ideas and gives abundant strategic guidance on how
to handle the middlegame and endgame positions that result. If you are looking
for a rock solid yet dangerous opening repertoire versus these fianchetto
defences this is the book you are looking for!" - Andy May,
www.nsgchess.com
"…unusually deeply researched and creative opening
repertoire book" - PHL Hughes, Chess Post
"Grivas also does a good job of explaining the ideas and
typical motifs of each variation. Each chapter gives model games with typical
endgames and characteristic middlegames that are carefully chosen." - IM
John Donaldson,
Silman's
website
"Grivas digs now and then awful deep and I would consider
this repertoire book as one of these winning from the book works." - John
Elburg, chessbooks.nl
"...I am impressed by how much material the author has
managed to squeeze into less than 200 pages, and I have to grudgingly admit
that if my opponents were to make use of it they could make life more difficult
for me than it already is." - Alan Sutton, En Passant |
