Beating Unusual Chess Openings: Dealing With The English, Réti, King's Indian Attack And Other Annoying Systems

By: Richard Palliser

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Synopsis: You may be happy with your main openings – sorted with the Sicilian and content with the King&’s Indian – but are you afraid of the unknown? Do you fall to pieces if your opponent plays something strange in the opening? Here&’s some good news... Beating Unusual Chess Openings is a godsend to those chess players fed up with struggling against all opening moves other than White&’s main two: 1 e4 and 1 d4. From the respectable (English Opening, Réti and King&’s Indian Attack) through to the offbeat (Nimzo-Larsen Attack, Bird&’s Opening) and the totally bizarre (Orang-utan, Grob); everything Black needs to know about facing unusual openings is covered within these pages. Richard Palliser gets to grips with all of White&’s possibilities, examining their strengths and weaknesses and in turn organizing a reliable and practical repertoire for Black. He discusses the key strategies, tactics and move-order tricks for both sides, arming the reader with enough know-how to face this assortment of chess openings with renewed confidence.*Everything you need to know about facing unusual openings*Written by an openings expert*Ideal for improvers, and club and tournament players

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