Taming Wild Chess Openings: How to Deal with the Good, the Bad

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Taming Wild Chess Openings: How to Deal with the Good, the Bad and the Ugly no matter how unconventional, irrational or even crazy a chess opening is, sooner or later every chess player will have to face it.

When that happens, you can count on a well-prepared opponent who is more than happy to roll out his pet line.

Taming Wild Chess Openings

John Watson and Eric Schiller provide club players with solutions to a huge selection of these rarely-played or tricky chess openings. They concentrate upon ideas and strategy, with enough analysis to satisfy the needs of practical play.

Effective recipes for club players

Only when a sharp reply is required, Watson and Schiller will recommend a more complex variation filled with tactics. In the vast majority of cases they present a simple and safe way to approach the position, requiring little memorization and still leading to a promising game.

How to Deal with the Good, the Bad and the Ugly

There is a lot of fun material in this book, and you may be surprised to see how even strong grandmasters have indulged in the craziest variations. Chess isn’t all main lines and 20 moves of theory!

John Watson (1951) is an International Master who has written over 30 books, several of which have won prestigious awards. He coached Tal Shaked, the 1997 World Junior Champion.

Eric Schiller (1955) is an American FIDE Master who is a highly productive chess book writer. He has taught chess for over 30 years.

 

British Chess Magazine:
«A very handy reference work for the club player and the source to turn to in a bid to avoid losing once again to gambit x from the chap you always encounter in the Friday round of a weekend congress.»

Johan Hut, Noordhollands Dagblad:
«Contains every crazy opening you can think of. Strangely enough, it also has normal gambit openings that are quite playable but which the authors find ugly. And some weird openings that are good, but those are a small minority (..) A very funny book.»

Gary Lane, Chess Moves Magazine:
«Gives a good line against all the wild and wacky variations (..) It is fascinating to read about so many gambits that I had forgotten or never seen before. A treasure trove of brilliant ideas that will benefit all tournament players.»

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