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ISBN (10 digits):
1-904600-59-X
ISBN (13
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978-1-904600-59-6 |
CHESS EXPLAINED: THE ENGLISH OPENING (Zenon Franco)
112
pages (248 mm by 172 mm).
£12.99/$19.95/€20,35
Chess Explained is a new series of books about chess
openings. They are not theoretical works in the traditional sense, but more a
series of lessons from a chess expert with extensive over-the-board experience
with an opening. You will gain an understanding of the opening and the
middlegames to which it leads, enabling you to find the right moves and plans
in your own games. It is as if you were sitting at the board with a chess coach
answering your questions about the plans for both sides, the ideas behind
particular moves, and what specific knowledge you need to have.
The English Opening is a flexible and dynamic choice for
White, which avoids a great deal of sharp and well-mapped opening theory. It is
popular with all levels of chess-players, and has been used to good effect at
world championship level by Kasparov, Korchnoi, Botvinnik and other greats of
the game. The English gives rise to an immense variety of structures, ranging
from reversed Sicilians to Hedgehogs and fluid or locked central structures. It
is an opening where strategic mastery of typical positions is of immense
benefit, and where Black needs to combine circumspection and vigour to obtain a
viable game.
Zenon Franco is a grandmaster from Paraguay who now
lives in Spain. He is an experienced chess trainer, his most notable pupil
being Paco Vallejo, now one of the world's top grandmasters, whom he taught
from 1995 to 1999.
Gambit books by Franco: The Art
of Attacking Chess, Chess Explained: the
English Opening, Chess Explained: the Modern
Benoni, Chess Self-Improvement,
Winning Chess Explained.
Download a pdf file with a
sample from the book.
"Altogether I found this book really helpful in both the
white as well as the black side of this opening." - Andy May,
www.nsgchess.com
"Many of these games come from the years 2004, 2005 and 2006
so besides the instructive explanations from the Paraguay born chess
grandmaster the reader is insured with a wealth of latest developments! ...
Conclusion: An impressive work on the English opening!" - John Elburg,
www.chessbooks.nl
"Zenon Franco presents an enjoyable and instructive analysis
of twenty five games from the last four years, players featured include
Kasparov, Anand, Bareev and Topalov." - Michael Blake,
www.bfcc-online.org.uk
"The 25 games are presented in three parts: the Symmetrical
(1.c4 c5), the Reversed Sicilian (1.c4 e5) and the Nimzo-English (1.c4 Nf6
2.Nc3 e6). Inside of these groupings lines covered include the Hedgehog, Double
Fianchetto and Rubinstein systems after 1.c4 c5; the reversed Sicilian with
...d5 and ...Bb4 and the Mikenas Attack ( 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4 and 3.Nf3
Bb4). Each of these lines is covered at length and quite well..." - IM John
Donaldson, www.jeremysilman.com
"The author faced a formidable task in trying to reduce the
mass of material available to manageable proportions. Overall, he has acquitted
himself well. He has provided a solid basis for tackling this extremely complex
opening system" - Alan Sutton, En Passant |
