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The Polish Defense
58 Seiten, kartoniert, Chess Enterprises, 1996, Erstauflage 1988
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After GM Tony Miles defeated then World Champion Karpov with the Polish Defense in 1980, there was renewed interest in this old opening. Kapitaniak presents the historical origins of the Defense and a survey of current theory. The author demonstrates that it is sound and quite playable, providing an attractive alternataive to other well-trodden paths. There are twenty five annotated illustrative games to present a complete picture of the opening in practical play.
In our days, modern chess theory is well developed, especially the opening stage of the game. Every player knows well how important the openings are and how many traps are possible in the early phases of the game. The most popular openings, such as, for example, the Ruy Lopez, the Sicilian Defense or the King's Indian Defense, have been analyzed well into the middlegame. To avoid studying all these long variations some players have been trying to find something original or they resort to a forgotten defense .
The Polish Defense belongs to the forgotten category, which has reappeared in modern tournament practice due to the recent games of British grandmasters and masters.
Following Tony Miles' famous victory over the then World Champion Karpov at Skara 1980, the opening theoreticians attempted to give a name to the defense essayed by Miles (1 e4 a6 2 d4 b5). and such names as St George's Opening, Baker's Deense or the Birmingham Defense have been prominent. This author does not question the enormous contribution of the British players.
but the given move order is nothing more but an adaptation of the Polish Defense to the King's Pawn Opening. As it is known, John Baker was probably the first person to play 1 e4 a6 2 d4 b5 with the Black pieces. However, we know only of two of his games played in a blindfold exhibition and it is this author's opinion that two games are not enough to name this defense after him. If we named every opening or defense after the player who first used it, most of the openings would be named after Greco or Lopez. This volume presents the current state of theory and practice of the Polish Defense, which should demonstrate that the Polish Defense is sound. It is hoped that this work will induce more players to use this defense and that it will find a permanent place in the tournament practice. Anyone who wants to employ the Polish Defense will be well advised to first study the strategic ideas behind Sokolsky's Opening (1 b4). Its conceptual affinity to the Polish Defense will enhance one's knowledge of positional and tactical considerations, which prevail in the Polish Defense.
In our days, modern chess theory is well developed, especially the opening stage of the game. Every player knows well how important the openings are and how many traps are possible in the early phases of the game. The most popular openings, such as, for example, the Ruy Lopez, the Sicilian Defense or the King's Indian Defense, have been analyzed well into the middlegame. To avoid studying all these long variations some players have been trying to find something original or they resort to a forgotten defense .
The Polish Defense belongs to the forgotten category, which has reappeared in modern tournament practice due to the recent games of British grandmasters and masters.
Following Tony Miles' famous victory over the then World Champion Karpov at Skara 1980, the opening theoreticians attempted to give a name to the defense essayed by Miles (1 e4 a6 2 d4 b5). and such names as St George's Opening, Baker's Deense or the Birmingham Defense have been prominent. This author does not question the enormous contribution of the British players.
but the given move order is nothing more but an adaptation of the Polish Defense to the King's Pawn Opening. As it is known, John Baker was probably the first person to play 1 e4 a6 2 d4 b5 with the Black pieces. However, we know only of two of his games played in a blindfold exhibition and it is this author's opinion that two games are not enough to name this defense after him. If we named every opening or defense after the player who first used it, most of the openings would be named after Greco or Lopez. This volume presents the current state of theory and practice of the Polish Defense, which should demonstrate that the Polish Defense is sound. It is hoped that this work will induce more players to use this defense and that it will find a permanent place in the tournament practice. Anyone who wants to employ the Polish Defense will be well advised to first study the strategic ideas behind Sokolsky's Opening (1 b4). Its conceptual affinity to the Polish Defense will enhance one's knowledge of positional and tactical considerations, which prevail in the Polish Defense.
| EAN | 0931462600 |
|---|---|
| Gewicht | 100 g |
| Hersteller | Chess Enterprises |
| Breite | 13,6 cm |
| Höhe | 20,4 cm |
| Medium | Buch |
| Erscheinungsjahr | 1996 |
| Autor | Thomas Kapitaniak |
| Sprache | Englisch |
| ISBN-10 | 0931462600 |
| Jahr der Erstauflage | 1988 |
| Seiten | 58 |
| Einband | kartoniert |
03 Preface
05 Introduction
07 Chapter 1: 1 d4 b5 (miscellaneous 2nd moves)
12 Chapter 2: 1 d4 b5 2 e4
20 Chapter 3: 1 d4 b5 2 Nf3
32 Chapter 4: 1 Nf3 b5 2 g3 Nf6
40 Chapter 5: Illustrative Games
40 Game 1: Hackett - NacDonald-Ross, Islington 1980
40 Game 2: Forgacs - Maroczy, Budapest 1902
41 Game 3: Gendek - Radchenko, USSR 1970
42 Game 4: Karpov - Miles, Skara 1980
43 Game 5: Petrosian - Spassky, Moscow (22) 1966
44 Game 6: Blackburne - Baker, London 1868
45 Game 7: Steinitz - Baker, London 1968
46 Game 8: Schussler - Miles, Reykjavik 1980
47 Game 9: Sosonko - Sahovic, Amsterdam 1979
48 Game 10: MacDonald-Ross - Basman, England 1980
49 Game 11: Garcia - Kapitaniak, correspondence 1978
50 Game 12: Bisguier - Littlewood, Tel Aviv 1964
50 Game 13: Tinman - Miles, London 1982
51 Game 14: Quinteros - Miles, Buenos Aires 1979
52 Game 15: Korchnoi - Karpov, USSR 1973
53 Game 16: Stean - Ljubojevic, Sao Paulo 1979
54 Game 17: Smyslov - Larsen, Tilburg 1979
55 Game 18: Camara - Sangulnetti, Sao Paulo 1977
56 Game 19: Portisch - Panno, Madrid 1973
57 Game 20: Vukic - Karpov, Bugojno 1978
59 Index of Variations
05 Introduction
07 Chapter 1: 1 d4 b5 (miscellaneous 2nd moves)
12 Chapter 2: 1 d4 b5 2 e4
20 Chapter 3: 1 d4 b5 2 Nf3
32 Chapter 4: 1 Nf3 b5 2 g3 Nf6
40 Chapter 5: Illustrative Games
40 Game 1: Hackett - NacDonald-Ross, Islington 1980
40 Game 2: Forgacs - Maroczy, Budapest 1902
41 Game 3: Gendek - Radchenko, USSR 1970
42 Game 4: Karpov - Miles, Skara 1980
43 Game 5: Petrosian - Spassky, Moscow (22) 1966
44 Game 6: Blackburne - Baker, London 1868
45 Game 7: Steinitz - Baker, London 1968
46 Game 8: Schussler - Miles, Reykjavik 1980
47 Game 9: Sosonko - Sahovic, Amsterdam 1979
48 Game 10: MacDonald-Ross - Basman, England 1980
49 Game 11: Garcia - Kapitaniak, correspondence 1978
50 Game 12: Bisguier - Littlewood, Tel Aviv 1964
50 Game 13: Tinman - Miles, London 1982
51 Game 14: Quinteros - Miles, Buenos Aires 1979
52 Game 15: Korchnoi - Karpov, USSR 1973
53 Game 16: Stean - Ljubojevic, Sao Paulo 1979
54 Game 17: Smyslov - Larsen, Tilburg 1979
55 Game 18: Camara - Sangulnetti, Sao Paulo 1977
56 Game 19: Portisch - Panno, Madrid 1973
57 Game 20: Vukic - Karpov, Bugojno 1978
59 Index of Variations