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Take Control of the Opening: A Repertoire Based on the Center Game
Take Control of the Opening A Repertoire Based on the Center Game Author:Jerzy Konikowski, Marek Soszynski A complete opening repertoire is presented for White, with something unique offered against any response by Black. The repertoire has at its core the Center Game, a potent, but rather underestimated opening. The Center Game was a favorite of old-time players like Mikhail Chigorin and Jacques Mieses; then in the 1990s it was revived by Alexander ... more »Shabalov, Judit Polgar and others. They appreciated that the aggressive 1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.Qxd5 takes control of the opening by sidestepping all of Black's familiar defenses to the expected 2.Nf3. Not only does this book provide the first comprehensive coverage of the Center Game, but it also goes on to provide a complete White repertoire. Black's responses to 1.e4 are met with a mix of forceful ideas, old and new, all of them like the Center Game aiming to take control of the game from the very start. White's play will never be the same again!« less