Attacking The English Reti (Delchev, Semkov) PDF

 

AttackingThe Eglish/Reti 1...e5/1.. e5/1..d5 d5 A Black Repertoire with 1... exnder Dehev Semo Semov

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Aackng Te Ensh/Ret

Cover desi by Rustam Taihnov opyght 6 by Alexander Delhev and Semko Semkov

Printed in Bulgaria ISBN: 978-6198809-7

 

Contents Bibliography Introducon

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Te Enish Oeg

f6 3 .g2 c6 1 c4 e5 2g3 f6  c4 e5 2g3 c6  3. c4 e5 c3 f6 3g3 c6 4.  .c4 e5 2c3 f6 3f3 c6 . .c4 e5 .c3 f6 3 c6 4e3 6.  3f3 c6 4g3 4 g3 b4 5d5 5 d5 4 g3 b4 5 g2 7.  3f3 c6 4g3 8. Rae S Seecond Moves TeRet 9 .f3 d5 2c4 d4 3.b4 10 f f3 3 d5 2c 2c4 4 d4 3e3

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61 3 85 101 115  3  1 3 3 

11 . d5 2c4 d4 3g3 12 f3 d d5 5 2.g3 c6

145 159 15 193

13. The Kin King's g's Ind Indian ian S Setet-p p 14. g3

215 223

Index of Variaons

 

Bibliography Books

e Mode Rei, Alexander Delchev, Chess Stars 2012 Te English Opening Volume I Mihail Marin Qualiy Chess 29 Mastering the Chess Openigs Volume 3, John Wason Gambi 8 Te English Opening Zenon Franco Gambi 26 How to play the Englh Opening Anaoy Karpov Basfrd 7 Periodcas

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Introduction

Tis book aims to oer an acve Black repertoie aganst Te Eng  sh  sh Openng Openng 1.c4, 1.c4, the Re 1.f3 and thei siings tat aise ae .g3. Moe mpotanty we ty to oe not ony vaiaons but aso a  philosophy of ow to teat suc openings A centuy ago tey caed tem simpy "iegua Snce Snce then no no  od y as  ody  as evoked te t e impotance impot ance o te cente ut nowadays we ae so sweeped o  y te toents o vaiatons te ennes povide  tat we tend to ge convenon co nvenon a wisdom ur easoning is simpe: if ite gave us a cance we soud seize centa space; i e payed passive y we shoud advance. u goa is

1g3 e5 2g2 d5 3.d3 f6 4f3 d6 50-0 0-0

We appy te same approach to  tee e  t 3 d5 .c4 d4! and i 34 6  4e3 e5

 to reac re ac an idea id ea pan centr c entre e c4 e5 2g3 c6 3g2 d5 4cxd5 cxd5 5d4 5d4 e4 e4

You may nd od ooks o anno  tated  tate d games tat ccize ack's setup on te st diagam A e  ette  you  this ook  am  you t an innovave appoac and thoough oigina anaysis 5

 

 which ofen retes idely ac cepted assessments. Many of our main lines are neary unexplored and they are blank spots in theory Chapter 1 oers a repertoire based on .c4 e5 2.g3?! f6 3.g2 c6! Chapter 2 presents an independ ent alternative repertoire based on .c4 e5 2.g3! c6? We explain the pros and cons of  the two tw o move m ove or order derss in the corre spondent "Main Ideas chapters Both are of equal worth and caim  the iniave since the rst moves  have not ied to nd equal We izers On the conary, we believe  that Black has all the reasons to  ght r an initia initiative tive so we chose enterprising lines, ofen connect ed with pawn sacrices We dis covered amaing varie of posi  tions where Black can give up one of his cena pas to get g et a strong attack in return. Chapters 6 and 7 dea ith a more resicve approach om White: c4 e5 c3 f6 3f3! c6  4g3 This T his is played "by the ABC  book and we have little ound  fr an a n ea ealy ly activity here Still, we chose the most acve options af  ter the move 4  b4 b4 We do not cover lines w with ith 4d5 d5 at all. Especialy is thec3 line 5g2 0-0 interesng 600 e4 7.g 8bxc3 e8 9f3. 6

This positio has been in the lime  light ever since the K-K match in 987 and it seems that it is hper  topica again We We analyse both 9 9 e3! and 9 9 e3 in order to give  you alternatives. I have always been eager to nd an exploitative strategy against  passive opeing play. I have sta star r  ted with the the set-up d5e6 My idea  was to advace slowly gradually rolling the pans into the enemy  territory. The lloing game il  lustrates the est of thi thiss strate Svesv-Semkv be be  1 97

.g3 d5 2f3 e6 3g2 d6 400  e7 5c4 c6 6b3 e5 7.b2 f6

8.c3 a6 9.d4  10.e  3

 

ndcn 0-0 1c �e6 13e4 e4 14+ 14 +   d7 6a3 6a3 a3 7a3 g6 8c f5 e3 h5 0 e cd e8 f f g5 3b4

This book presents a rened and more aggressive version of the above strategy We emphasized on piece play, regarding the pawn centre as a mean and not as a goal We can always sacrice it in order  to get to the enemy kking ing Finally  shod menn the ine f3 d5 d5 g3 g3 c6 c6 3c4 �g4 �g4  ha  t 

3c5 c5 4b7 cd4 5d5 d5 6cd5 c5 7c6 c8 8d6 d5 d5 d5 30e3 d3

t falls ot of or general line of  preparing   bt it is the best  way of meeng Whit White's e's mve or der according to Delchev

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