In this userfriendly book, grandmaster neil mcdonald goes back to basics, studying the fundamental principles of the dutch defence and its many variations. Black also has many options within the dutch defence, from the ultrasolid stonewall formation through to the fluid classical system and the dynamic. Players wishing to play the dutch defence must certainly pay as much attention to antidutch systems as they do to the main line, as it is these very lines that will occur most often at club level. For the dutch defence is a system for players with a real fighting spirit and especially suited for the average player. Staunton gambit tartakower variation white black 1. One hundred selected games as i recall doesnt have quite a half dozen and they are all stonewalls. This dutch defence staunton book covers all lines after 1. In this volume, just like in the previous two, we have emphasized on reliability and rationality in our choice of systems for white.
Naturally, in reply, one can no longer entertain thoughts of steering play towards ones favourite main line in the dutch. Dutch, staunton gambit 1 d4 f5 2 e4 fxe4 3 nc3 nf6 4 bg5. White wants to attack at once and makes a central pawn sacrifice white. The staunton gambit has a long history having being named after howard staunton, who first played it against horwitz in 1847. Finally, in the fifth part of the book, we deal with blacks most reliable opening the nimzoindian defence. Use our huge chess games and chess opening database to.
This is the perfect book for the ambitious chess player who wants to play this sharp opening with black, but is not certain about which line exactly. Worlds best chess miniatures lasker ed vs thomas g dutch defence. But what if white is quite well versed in some deviations like 2. I found the idea of showing games where white played very passively very helpful to understand blacks main plan. Learning chess openings is an important part of any productive chess training.
It in no way refutes the dutch, but it places black on a tight rope, a rope the unwary may easily slip off to their doom on. You can easily be put out of this misery, says andrew martin on his two latest fritz trainer dvds. The staunton gambit is a chess opening characterised by the moves. With his very first move black creates an asymmetrical pawn structure, thus unbalancing the position from a very early stage and allowing both white and black players to fight for the initiative. In the fourth part we analyse the benoni defence and the benko gambit. From wikibooks, open books for an open world a82 dutch defence, staunton gambit, balogh defence. Black does not try to preserve a positional balance, but chooses to fight it out. This fianchetto of the kb signals whites attempt to control the central squares. I heard rumours that the dutch is refuted by the staunton gambit. Im looking for annotated games by top gms featuring the dutch defense.
My zealous and obsessive study habits allowed me to read and understand the content in 3 days, so i think this book is digestible to most readers in, probably, a. The rybka chess engine and aquarium support and discussion. The game gave me the entertainment i hoped for with a quick finish. The type of approach one might expect to be successful against the dutch in view of the weak h5e8 diagonal. Gm boris alterman takes a look at the staunton gambit against the dutch defense with 1 d4 f5 2 e4 one of the most direct and provocative lines against the normally solid dutch. Because he is also a french defense expert, so if white doesnt want to enter the dutch with 2. Dealing with dutch defence chess opening surprises in your games can make you a better player. Practice has shown that black has adequate resources and it difficult for white to show much after a skirmish to recover the pawn sacrifice. Best book with several annotated games by top gms with the.
Search the chess games database, download games, view frequent practitioners and browse the. Search the chess games database, download games, view frequent practitioners and browse the opening explorer. Howard staunton played his gambit for the first time in 1846 staunton,h horwitz,b 10. The dutch defence is a chess opening characterised by the moves1. Dutch defence presents the basic theory and more on the dutch.
What are the typical defences and attacks at your own level. I cant be an expert on all openings and i havent studied the dutch defense beyond expecting to play d4 and c4 and fiancetto the kings bishop. Shop for dutch defense chess books at us chess federation sales. This book covers the main ideas of the three most common dutch lines, as well as sneaky and agressive sidelines for white such as the stauton gambit. The dutch defence is one of the oldest chess openings. I begin my look at the dutch defense with an overview of the three main lines, the classical dutch, the stonewall dutch and the leningrad dutch. Dutch defense chess books shop for dutch defense chess books. Elias stein 17481812, an alsatian who settled in the hague, recommended the defence as the best reply to 1. No author is more qualified to explore new ideas in the dutch than viktor moskalenko, a renowned champion of dynamic play. Dutch defence starting out everyman chess neil mcdonald 2005 everyman chess.
But the staunton seems to have become more popular recently, and especially the variation 1. In sum, i cant think of a thing that this book is missing. We offer the widest selection of dutch defense chess books at the lowest prices with sameday shipping. An opening repertoire for black based on the leningrad variation mcdonald, neil on. I am a sorcerer, my attack will be powerful and brilliant. These could be in a book with lots of other nondutch games. An opening repertoire for black based on the leningrad variation. It aims at counterattacking the white kside in the middlegame. Study chess openings by watching grandmaster gm games. Throughout the book there are an abundance of notes, tips, warnings and exercises to help the improving player, while key strategies, ideas and tactics for both sides are clearly illustrated. The lisitsin gambit is a bold, even savage attack against the dutch.
Questionable stauton gambit refutation of the dutch. I expect copious, reliable analysis with any opening book from gambit, but win with the stonewall dutch won me over with its flowing, enjoyable prose, its detailed descriptions of the plans for both sides, its historic discussions, its simple but logical layout which makes it easy to find anything and everything, and its lesson overviews and summaries, which make sure you understand the ideas. Chess puzzle of the day past daily chess puzzles past daily chess puzzles chess puzzle creator chess puzzle creator chess quote of the day. Further the gambit is much easier to learn than the rest of the lines white may play against the dutch. This play dutch and bird series book 1 covers white options like 2.