Attacking the Spanish by Sabino Brunello

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Attacking the Spanish by Sabino Brunello the Spanish opening, 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5, is so

respected that many Black players immediately start defending. Brunello shows that Black can

engage in a tense fight for the win right from the start. The three gambits considered in this book

have all been tested by top-10 players, with good results, within the last year.

The Marshall Attack

The Marshall Attack,1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.c3 d5, is

sound and aggressive, so it is no surprise that it is favoured by the world’s best. The theory is so

complex that an expert guide is required, and Brunello is well suited to the task, having played the

Marshall for most of his chess career.

The Schliemann

The Schliemann 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5, with its reversed King’s Gambit flair, has always been

popular with club players, but grandmasters knew it was unsound. Then Teimour Radjabov started

playing it successfully against the elite and sparked a revival.

The Gajewski variation

The Gajewski variation, 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0-0

9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 d5, is brand new. The position after White’s tenth move had been reached a

thousand times with 10…c5 universally played, when in the summer of 2007 the Polish grandmaster

Gajewski revealed that Black has a fascinating gambit at his disposal.

Attacking the Spanish Marshall, Schliemann & Gajewski

International Master Sabino Brunello is one of the leaders of the youthful revival in Italian

chess. Brunello is still a teenager, but his rating is already 2550 and increasing daily. By the time this

book is printed he will probably be a grandmaster.

 

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