Beating the King's Indian and Grünfeld

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Edition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2006-12-01
Publisher(s): Everyman Chess
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Summary

In this book, Timothy Taylor gets to grips with the King's Indian and Grunfeld, providing White with a number of easy-to-learn and effective weapons which are specially designed to cause Black maximum discomfort. Taylor examines the typical tactical and positional ideas for both players, highlighting the tricks and pitfalls one must look out for. A study of this book will allow the reader to battle against the King's Indian and the Grunfeld with renewed confidence. *Written by a renowned openings expert *Weapons against two of Black's most popular defences *Ideal for club and tournament players International MasterTimothy Tayloris an experienced tournament player who has enjoyed several notable successes, including winning the US Open. He is also a skilled chess writer, one of his previous books,How to Defeat the Smith-Morra Gambit, becoming a US Chess Federation bestseller. This is his second book for Everyman Chess; his first wasBird's Opening. Outside of chess, he is the author of two published novels,Elaine the FairandAmanda, while he directed the filmWicked Pursuits.

Author Biography

International Master Timothy Taylor is an experienced tournament player who has enjoyed several notable successes including winning the US Open. He is also a skilled chess writer, one of his previous books How to Defeat the Smith-Morra Gambit becoming a US Chess Federation bestseller. He is resident in the US.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements 4(1)
Bibliography 5(2)
Part I: Beating the King's Indian Defence
Introduction
7(17)
The Martz Variation
24(44)
Black (or White) avoids the Martz Tabiya
68(26)
The Liz Variation
94(28)
Black (or White) avoids the Liz Tabiya
122(14)
Part II: Beating the Grunfeld Defence
Introduction
133(3)
The Knezevic Variation
136(26)
Black avoids the Knezevic Tabiya
162(15)
The Keres Variation
177(20)
Black avoids the Keres Tabiya
197(21)
Index of Variations 218(3)
Index of Complete Games 221

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