KING'S INDIAN AND GRÜNFELD: FIANCHETTO LINES (Lasha
Janjgava)
320 pages (210 mm by 145
mm).
£15.99/$22.95/€24,95
By calmly fianchettoing his king's bishop in reply to the
King's Indian and Grünfeld, White seeks to draw the sting from these
dynamic defences and exert positional pressure throughout the middlegame. By
refusing to create a massive pawn-centre, he offers Black no target for
counterplay. Some of the lines become very sharp, especially if Black makes an
all-out attempt to generate counterplay and provokes White into hand-to-hand
fighting. These lines in particular call for accurate, detailed analysis, and
Janjgava provides this in abundance.
Lasha Janjgava is a grandmaster from Georgia, and
President of the Tbilisi Chess Federation. He has represented his country four
times in chess olympiads, and has built up a formidable reputation as a very
hard player to beat. This is his third chess book for Gambit. See also
The Petroff, and The
Queen's Gambit & Catalan for Black.
"...Janjgava not only includes both systems; he also gives
lines that arise from the English (A39). He provides an abundance of detailed
and often original analysis for those looking to exert positional pressure in
the face of Black's proposed dynamism. It's undeniably a must if you play this
system." - Mark Donlan, Chess Horizons
"Most King's Indian and Grünfeld players are very well
prepared for the normal white lines, this book presents a great opportunity to
unsettle your opponent and play the lines that this book will teach you to
understand and enjoy. A very useful book for Correspondence/ email players who
recognise their database may contain millions of games but you still need to
understand how a particular opening or defence should be played." - Michael
Blake, IECG Newsletter
"...is an interesting concept, to combine in one volume what
one would normally have to seek in two. This fat book...is densely-packed with
information and the suitability of the opening for White in CC cannot be
denied." - Tim Harding, Chess Mail
"This book can be strongly recommended to Black players of
the King's Indian and/or Grünfeld defenses. It can also be recommended for
White 1.d4 players who are looking for new positional options in battling these
dynamic defenses. I'd give it a rating of three (out of four possible) peaches
due to the specialized nature of the opening." - Mark Hoshor, Georgia
Chess
"Overall this is a respectable and thorough survey of a
complex opening and is a work which will be especially useful to those strong
club players who play the Fianchetto or the King's Indian and Grünfeld." -
Richard Palliser
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