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Title: The Grunfeld Defence by Nigel Davies ISBN: 1-85744-239-3 Publisher: Everyman Chess Pub. Date: 01 August, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: A book for strong and experieced players
Comment: I like very much opening books by Everyman, because they give an idea of the middlegames arising in a particular opening. On the other hand, these books have too little pages and sometimes don't succeed in covering all the necessary lines, especially if they want to cover a whole opening. This is particularly true with this book, that simply doesn't give enough information about some variations that are important at club level. For example, only 14 pages are devoted to the 7.Bc4 variation and 13 to the Bf4 systems, which are, according to my personal experience, the main lines in tournaments below rating 1900.
Much of the space is given to the Russian System (quite the same that is devoted to ALL the lines of the Exchange Var.!), with many variations suggested to the Black side (that makes me think that this book is written mainly for White, as it gives black alternatives). In conclusion I think it is a little bit unbalanced.
About the contents there's nothing to say: the material is of high quality and the author is very good (I strongly reccommend his other book The Alekhine Defence). However, this book can't be recommanded for players who want to play the Grunfeld Defence as Black for the first time: they should look for other good books (the best choice is Understanding the Grunfeld by Rowson, and the classic book is the one by Adorian). Players above 1900 and/or players that have been playing the GD for a long time ,instead, can get very useful information (especially for the Russian System), as the comments are very well written, the games are relevant, and last but not least because experienced players know exacltly what they have to look for and don't get confused by the author's strange choice of the chapters.
Rating: 5
Summary: One of the best
Comment: There are three Grunfeld books worth owning- this book, Winning with the Grunfeld (1987) and Lalic's Grunfeld for the Attacking Player. Davies book has 73 complete annotated games mostly from the past few years, including eight of Kasparov's recent games.
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Title: Understanding the Grunfeld by Jonathan Rowson ISBN: 1901983099 Publisher: Gambit Pub. Date: 01 November, 1998 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: The ...a6 Slav: The Tricky and Dynamic Lines with...a6 by Glen Flear ISBN: 1857443209 Publisher: Everyman Chess Pub. Date: 01 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Alekhine's Defence by Nigel Davies ISBN: 1857442539 Publisher: Everyman Chess Pub. Date: 01 February, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: French Defence 3Nd2 by Lev Psakhis ISBN: 0713488255 Publisher: Batsford Pub. Date: 28 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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Title: Play the Najdorf: A Complete Repertoire for Black in this Most Dynamic of Openings by John Emms ISBN: 1857443233 Publisher: Everyman Chess Pub. Date: 01 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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