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Action Chess

Purdy's 24 Hours Opening Repertoire

191 Seiten, kartoniert, Thinkers' Press, 1. Auflage 2000

Aus der Reihe »C.S.J. Purdy Gold Chess Series«

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"My aim is to enable you to avoid losiog games in the opening, to show you how to obtain a reasonably level game as Black with the minimum nf "Swotting," so that when you and your opponents are both out of the books you will have a 50 - 50 chance." page 63

This is where Purely is different: he really understands the positions he discusses. Naturally, the passage of time has dated some of his analysis, but as you immerse yourself in the material contained in this book, you can't help but conclude, as Petrosian wrote of Mikenas, that this guy hasn't merely memorized the variations: they're etched into his hide... What you have is a book of ideas... Some of the lines given in the French section are not to be found elsewhere. If you study them carefully and do some original thinking, you can be a real openings expert. I have made some corrections, offered some hints and guidelines, but rest assured that I have left much ground unplowed...Trust Purdy. He could, as the economist Frank Knight used to say, further your education.


COMMENTOR'S PREFACE
The book you are holding is guaranteed to increase your rating by 400 points. And who, you are wondering, is doing the guaranteeing? Uh, I am. And now you want to know, skeptic that you are, why should I be trusted? That is, as they say, a good question. I will therefore make a full disclosure - something extraordinary in the Age of Clinton - and reveal that I am a guy who has spent much of his adult life playing poker and blackjack and pursuing dancers (some of whom were gracious enough to allow themselves to be caught). I want you to buy this book because, having delayed its publication for an unconscionably long time, wrestling with problems that a responsible adult would have solved in a matter of weeks, I have fallen in love with its contents. In other words, I am biased and there is no compelling reason to believe what I say. Anyway, no book can improve your playing strength by two full rating classes, so if you do manage to gain 400 points, you can thank your own efforts. If, despite this disclaimer, you insist on giving the credit to Purdy and me, you should do the responsible thing and send me some money (it won't do Purdy any good). Let's explore this whole issue of trust in greater depth.
When the author of an instructional manual is honest and competent, following him along the path to knowledge is an intellectual adventure: upon reaching the destination, you are a new and improved version of your former self. When that author is dishonest - he deliberately withholds information or misleads - or when he simply doesn't understand the subject well enough to teach it, you have been cheated: you end up no better than you started out and you've wasted time. The literature of games is replete with titles that contain little or no useful information, mostly because the authors were not themselves strong players.
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A brief word about how to use this book. It isn't truly a repertoire book: you will find nothing about the King's Indian Attack, which you need to know if you intend to employ the French Defense. There is nothing about various Sicilian sidelines, such as the Grand Prix Attack or 2. c3. What you have is a book of ideas. To get the most out of this material, you will have to work independently, collating Purdy's analyses with modern sources (use my bibliography) and keeping abreast of recent developments through publications such as Chess Informant and the New in Chess Yearbook. You need to continue the work I have begun for you. This, I admit, will involve some effort on your part, but the rewards should be considerable. Some of the lines given in the French section are not to be found elsewhere. If you study them carefully and do some original thinking, you can be a real openings expert. I have made some corrections, offered some hints and guidelines, but rest assured that I have left much ground unplowed.
So, do yourself a favor: don't play cards unless you know how to win, stay out of bars that charge an admission fee, watch out for politicians who claim that they invented the internet, and take Purdy very, very seriously. He could, as the economist Frank Knight used to say, further your education.
Best Wishes, Ron Wieck
Weitere Informationen
EAN 9780938659792
Gewicht 300 g
Hersteller Thinkers' Press
Breite 15,3 cm
Höhe 22,9 cm
Medium Buch
Erscheinungsjahr 2000
Autor Cecil J. S. PurdyRonald J. Wieck
Reihe C.S.J. Purdy Gold Chess Series
Sprache Englisch
Auflage 1
ISBN-10 0938650793
ISBN-13 9780938659792
Seiten 191
Einband kartoniert
008 EDITOR'S FOREWORD
010 COMMENTATOR'S FOREWORD

CHAPTER 1
013 Opening Problems and Principles
015 Rooks Are the Key
017 Books Are Anti-Black
020 Delayed Action Policy

CHAPTER 2
025 Playing Black in Close Openings: All Purpose System

CHAPTER 3
038 The 7. Bxf6 Line In The Queen's Gambit
042 If 8. Qc2
045 If 8. Rc1
046 If Other 8th Moves
047 If 7.Bf4

CHAPTER 4
049 The All Purpose System Against Various Lines
049 Reti's Opening
050 Catalan Opening
052 English Opening
052 Bird's Opening
054 Old Style Queen's Gambit Declined

CHAPTER 5
058 The French Defense
066 A Look Around
067 Steiner's Way
068 The 8... Qa5+ Line
068 The Subtle Line

CHAPTER 6
070 French Defense: The 3... dxe4 Line
071 Variation A: 6. Be3
072 Variation B: 6. Ne2
073 Variation C: 6. Bf4
074 Variation D: 6. Ng3
075 Variation E: 6. f3
075 King's Fianchetto by White
077 The Straightforward Line Again
083 Miscellaneous
085 Conclusion

CHAPTER 7
088 French Defense: More On The 3...dxe4 Line
088 The Straightforward Line
088 The 11. Ne5 Variant
090 The 11. Qe2 Variant
092 The 6. Ne2 Line
095 Milton's Choice

CHAPTER 8
099 French Defense: The 3. e5 Line
099 The Advance French
09 The Trunk Line
100 A Crucial Position
102 The Fianchetto Variant
103 The Na4 Variant
105 The Philidor Attack
107 If White Omits c3
109 Nimzovich's Gambit

CHAPTER 9
112 French Defense: The 3. exd5 Line
112 If White Copies Morphy, Copy Alekhine
117 Now Let's Be Alekhine
123 Defeating the Invincible
126 Exchange Variant: Summary

CHAPTER 10
128 Sicilian Defense, Old Dragon Variant: Introduction
131 Resume
132 Amazonian Play Again
134 Simagin's Views
138 The 6. Nb3 Variant

CHAPTER 11
140 Sicilian Defense, Old Dragon Variant: Interlude

CHAPTER 12
145 Sicilian Defense, Old Dragon Variant: Main Line And Commentary
150 My Trunk Line
151 A Problem
154 Comments by Barden
158 Footnote

CHAPTER 13
160 The Colle System
160 The Queen's Pawn Game Without Tears
161 Crowl's Debacle
163 Opening Theory and the Melbourne Congress
164 The Moves of the System
165 The Colle System Against 1... d5
168 To Play or Not to Play
169 Alternative Lines
169 Dutch Defense/Dutch Defense
170 Benoni Countergambit
171 The Old Indian (King's Indian)
171 The New Indian (Queen's Indian)
172 A Defense to the Colle System
177 Colle System
178 The Colle for Economy
180 The Normal Defense
184 Other Defenses
185 King's Fianchetto Defense
186 Stonewall Defense
186 The ...Bf5 Defense

189 Envoi
190 The Purdy Library of Chess