Gambit Play the Alekhine

Издание от 2009 г
Брой страници 112
Формат A5
английски език

A guide to one of the most forcing and aggressive replies to 1. e4, from an expert who has played it for over three decades.

Black immediately forces the pace and drags the game onto his own favoured territory. The strategy is not without risk, but specialists find it has real practical sting and quick-strike potential. This book describes the main positional and tactical themes unique to the Alekhine and the principal directions of play in modern practice. Coverage is even-handed: there are plenty of ideas for both sides, including ways for White to consolidate his space advantage or try to blast Black off the board. Valentin Bogdanov was active in Odessa chess when the Alekhine was extensively developed by a group of players including GM Semion Palatnik and three-time US Champion Lev Alburt, so he draws on his own accumulated wisdom and on insights from work with some of the greatest Alekhine devotees of all time. International Master Bogdanov has over thirty years' experience as a chess trainer and is from Ukraine.