ENGLISH

The Gambit Guide to the Modern Benoni

By John Watson

Book information

Publisher
Gambit Publications
Year
2001
ISBN
1901983234, 9781901983234
Open Library ID
OL8764314M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
6 MB (6447765 bytes)
Edition
First Printing
Pages
212\212
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

Description

The Modern Benoni is one of Black's most swashbuckling openings, used to devastating effect by such players as Tal, Fischer, Kasparov and Topalov. From the outset, Black creates extreme imbalance, setting his piece activity and queenside play against White's spatial preponderance and central majority. However, during the 1980s and much of the 1990s, the Benoni fell under a cloud as a result of some very direct attacking systems by White. In this book, John Watson particularly focuses on various subtle move-orders by which Black can try to avoid White's most dangerous systems and direct the game into more palatable channels. King's Indian players will also find this book invaluable, since Watson covers many lines that can arise from King's Indian move-orders.

Similar books