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EVERYMAN CHESS
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First published 2001 by Everyman Publishers plc, formerly Cadogan Books
plc, Gloucester Mansions, 140A Shaftesbury Avenue, London WC2H 8HD
Reprinted 2002
Copyright© 2001 Byron Jacobs
The right of Byron Jacobs to be identified as the author of this work has been
asserted in accordance with the Copyrights, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a
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permission of the publisher.
British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.
ISBN 1 857 44 223 7
Distributed in North America by The Globe Pequot Press, P.O Box 480,
246 Goose Lane, Guilford, CT 06437-0480.
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EVERMAN CHESS SERIES
(formerly Cadogan Chess)
Chief Advisor: Garry Kasparov
Commissioning editor: Byron Jacobs
Typeset and edited by First Rank Publishing, Brighton
Production by Book Production Services
Printed and bound in Great Britain by The Cromwell Press Ltd., Trowbridge,
Wiltshire
Contents
Introduction
5
King Pawn Openings
1.
The Sicilian with d2-d4
7
2.
The Sicilian without d2-d4
26
3. 1 e4 e5: The Spanish and Others
36
4.
The French Defence
50
65
5.
The Caro-Kann Defence
6.
1 e4: Other Defences
7
5
Queen Pawn Openings
7. The King's Indian Defence
89
8.
The Indian Defences
104
9. The Queen's Gambit Declined
129
10. 1 d4: Other Defences
145
Other Openings
11. The English Opening
166
Introduction
After the Brain Games World Championship in London last year,
Garry Kasp arov (who had just lost the match) said that his main fa il­
ing in this battle was that he 'did not have any good openings .' This
might sound like a rather surprising statement fr om a man who had
just completed a 15-year reign as world champion, still held - in rat­
ing terms - the number one spot, and who is regarded by most serious
commentators as the gre atest player ever. However, the new world
champion, Vladimir Kramnik, immediately replied that he thought
this was a rather subj ective statement as, for most of the match, he
had also fe lt that he didn't have any good openings either!
Well, that's a fi ne state of affairs . The two best players in the world
have several months to prepare for their match against each other.
Not only do they have a gre at deal of ti me, but they are assisted in
their researches by some of the world's leading grandmasters and also
have substantial technical back-up in terms of che ss softw are , data­
bases and analytical engines. And, at the end of all that, they both
volunteer the information that they fe lt they hadn't worked out any­
thing worthwhile for the opening stage of the game.
Of course, there is undoubtedly an element of dissembling going on in
these statements, but any player who has played at any sort of level
can recognise the complaint of 'having no good openings'. Kasparov
and Kramnik are extremely hard-working grandmasters with decades
of chess understanding and experience between them. If they can get
into a situation where they don't fe el that they are fi nding good moves
early on in the game, what chance is there for the rest of us?
How Impotant is the Opening?
Beyond the level of complete beginner, the opening is perhaps the
most important phase of the game to get right. If you choose to play
systems that you don't understand or which don't suit your style , you
will fi nd yourself starting each game with a handicap . Of course , we
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