Product Description

Do you need a well-deserved break from your normal chess openings? Are you tired of constantly having to keep up with modern chess theory? Or perhaps you simply wish to try out something new and inspiring, but cannot decide amongst the numerous choices available? Look no further for the answer! In "Dangerous Weapons: The Pirc and Modern", prominent opening specialists take a revolutionary look at two popular and closely related openings. But instead of travelling down well-trodden and analysed paths, the authors concentrate on fresh or little-explored variations, selecting a wealth of 'dangerous' options for both colours. Whether playing White or Black, a study of this book will leave you confident and fully-armed, and your opponents running for cover! "Dangerous Weapons" is a series of opening books which supply the reader with an abundance of hard-hitting ideas to revitalize his or her opening repertoire. Many of the carefully chosen weapons are innovative, visually shocking, incredibly tricky, or have been unfairly discarded; they are guaranteed to throw even your most experienced opponents off balance. Features include: the Pirc and Modern in a completely new light; packed with original ideas and analysis; and, a large array of weapons to shock your opponents. Richard Palliser, Colin McNab and James Vigus are all highly respected authors who are renowned for their creative opening ideas and expertise.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #187741 in Books
• Published on: 2009-05-29
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 192 pages

About the Author
Richard Palliser, Colin McNab and James Vigus are all highly respected authors who are renowned for their creative opening ideas and expertise.

Customer Reviews

High risk, high reward
The King's Fianchetto defence is one of the most intriguing defences of Black against any White set-up. Here in the book the reader is presented with various ways to combat White ( and the same is true for White to tackle Black ). Although I have yet to see a more comprehensive book to list all of the possible systems for White with Black almost always adopting a standard theme of defence or counterattack. Nevertheless this book has filled in the wide gap of untested lines of the defence along with other great King's Fianchetto books in the market since the debut of the foremost book written on the subject, that is "The Modern Defence" written by GM Keene and co-author George Botterill in the 70's. Buy this book and study it very well. It's full of neat tricks that would certainly bring about good results. The risk that you take is a calculated one so don't worry, your opponent might be putting more risk to himself because most positions are too sharp and the advantage could go to either side anytime. For those who believe "the higher the risk, the higher the reward" this is the book for you!