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Antoshin, Vladimir ( player), 316 • Symbols and Numerics • Apicella, Manuel (chess player), 145, 157 !! (double exclamation point), 15 Arteaga, Eldis Cobo (chess player), 147 ++ (double plus sign), 15 asymmetrical game, 31, 114, 276 ?? (double question mark), 14 Austrian Attack (opening), 172–176 ! (exclamation point), 15 !? (exclamation point/question mark), 14 1–0 (one/dash/zero), 15 • B • ½–½ (one-half/dash/one-half), 15 bad + (plus sign), 15 Advance Variation, 137–141 # (pound sign), 15 ’s Indian Attack, 322 ? (question mark), 14 Tarrasch Variation, 152 ?! (question mark/exclamation point), 14 balanced position, 71 x, 15 Barczay, Laszlo (chess player), 182 0–1 (zero/dash/one), 15 Bauer, Christian (chess player), 157 0–0 (zero/dash/zero), 15 Bauer, Johann (chess player), 314 0–0–0 (zero/dash/zero/dash/zero), 15 (opening), 272–276 Bhend, Edwin (chess player), 277 Bird, Henry (chess player), 313 • A • Bird’s Opening, 313–318 Accelerated Dragon/ (opening), Bisguier, Arthur (chess player), 77 119–123 bishop accepting the Accelerated Dragon/Fianchetto, 122 , 67 Advance Variation, 137, 138, 167–169 Göring Gambit, 104 Austrian Attack, 173, 175 King’s Gambit, 38–45 Benoni Defense, 274, 275 Adams, Michael (chess player), 68, 84 Bird’s Opening, 315, 318 Advance Variation (opening) Bishop’s Opening, 57–61 French Defense, 136–141 Botvinnik Variation, 226, 227 illustrated, 28 Caro-Kann Defense, 156 structure, 24COPYRIGHTEDClassical MATERIAL Variation of Caro-Kann Defense, aggressive play, 12 157–160 Alekhine, Alexander (chess player), 185, Classical Variation of French Defense, 142 213, 234 Classical Variation of Nimzo-Indian, 234, Alekhine’s Defense (opening), 30–31, 235, 236 185–189 Closed Variation, 85–88 Altunian, Karine (chess player), 107 , 267, 268, 269 Anand, Viswanathan (chess player), 124, , 48–52 125, 222 Dragon Variation, 114, 116 Andersen, Erik (chess player), 108 Dutch Defense, 277 Anderssen, Adolf (chess player), 42 Evans Gambit, 66–70 annotation, 13–15, 340–341 Variation, 94–96, 210, 259 fi ght for space, 19–20

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bishop (continued) ’s Gambit, 198, 200 Four Knights Opening, 72, 132 Reversed Sicilian, 288 Four Knights Variation, 296, 299 Bogoljubov, Efi m (chess player), 139 Four Pawns Attack, 253 Bologan, Viktor (chess player), 181 , 61–66 books, chess, 343 Göring Gambit, 104 Botvinnik, Mikhail (chess player) King’s Gambit, 40, 43, 46 Botvinnik Variation, 226 King’s Indian Attack, 318–322 Classical Variation of Nimzo-Indian, 236 King’s Indian Opening, 301, 303, 304 Exchange Variation, 210 Latvian Gambit, 53, 54, 55 Stonewall Dutch, 281 , 269, 271 Botvinnik Variation (opening), 223–227 Marshall Attack, 93 Bowdler, Thomas (chess player), 58 material losses, 21–22 Bruzon, Lazaro (chess player), 86 Meran Variation, 220, 222 Budnikov, Alexander (chess player), 321 , 182 Najdorf Variation, 126 Nimzo-Indian, 230 • C • notation system, 14 Capablanca, José Raúl (chess player), 91, Open Variation, 81, 83 168 Orthodox Variation, 202–205 Carlsen, Magnus (chess player), 224 Petroff’s Defense, 107 Caro, Horatio (chess player), 155 Pirc Classical, 177, 178, 179 Caro-Kann Defense (opening) popular moves, 57 Advance Variation, 166–170 Queen’s Gambit, 201 Classical Variation, 156–161 Réti, 307, 308, 311 described, 30, 155–156 Rubinstein Variation, 238, 239, 240 Smyslov Variation, 161–166 Russian System, 262 Carrera, Pietro (priest), 113 Sämisch Variation, 230, 231, 233, 247 , 191, 193, 194 Advance Variation, 169 Scheveningen Variation, 129, 130 Alekhine’s Defense, 187 Sicilian Defense reversed, 287, 288, 289 Benoni Defense, 274 , 213, 215–217 Bird’s Opening, 315 Smyslov Variation, 164, 165 Botvinnik Variation, 227 Sokolsky, 325 Classical Variation, 142–143, 160, 234–236 Stonewall Dutch, 280, 282 Colle System, 266 Symmetrical Variation, 292, 293, 294 Dragon Variation, 115 Tarrasch Variation, 150–153 Giuoco Piano, 63 Tartakower Variation, 206, 208 King’s Gambit, 39, 40 , 76, 77 King’s Indian Attack, 318 value of, 21 Meran Variation, 222, 223 Winawer Variation, 145–148 Najdorf Variation, 124 Bishop’s Opening, 11, 57–61 Open Variation, 81 Blankenau, Mike (chess player), 300 Orthodox Variation, 202 Blatny, Pavel (chess player), 269 Pirc Defense, 172 blitz chess, 342 Réti, 306 blockade Scotch Opening, 101 defi ned, 23 security of king, 25 Giuoco Piano, 64, 65 Smyslov Variation, 162, 163

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Sokolsky, 326 Tartakower Variation, 207, 208 Tarrasch Variation, 153, 154 Winawer Variation, 145, 149 Winawer Variation, 147 Center Counter. See Scandinavian Defense center Center Game (opening), 331 Accelerated Dragon/Fianchetto, 120, 122 centralization, 19, 222 Advance Variation, 136–140, 166, 167 Alekhine’s Defense, 186, 187 Classical Variation, 237 Austrian Attack, 172, 173, 175 common mistakes, 330 Bishop’s Opening, 57–58, 60 Dutch Defense, 279 Botvinnik Variation, 223 Giuoco Piano, 64 Classical Variation, 141–143, 234, 242–243 King’s Gambit, 43, 44, 45 Closed Variation, 85, 88 Réti, 312 Colle System, 267, 268 Dutch Defense, 278 Advance Variation, 139 , 286 Austrian Attack, 174 Evans Gambit, 67, 68 Bird’s Opening, 315, 316, 318 Exchange Variation, 210, 256, 258 Classical Variation, 143, 159, 246 fi ght for, 19 Colle System, 267 fl ank games, 34 Danish Gambit, 51 Four Knights Opening, 131 Dragon Variation, 117 Four Knights Variation, 297, 298 Evans Gambit, 68, 70 Four Pawns Attack, 253 Exchange Variation, 96, 97, 260 Giuoco Piano, 62–63, 65 Four Knights Opening, 134 Hypermodern School, 172 Four Knights Variation, 298, 300 King’s Gambit, 39, 46–47 Giuoco Piano, 64, 66 King’s Indian, 241–242 Göring Gambit, 105 King’s Indian Attack, 318, 321 King’s Indian Attack, 322 London System, 269–271 King’s Indian Opening, 304 Meran Variation, 219, 220 London System, 271 Modern Defense, 180, 181, 184 Marshall Attack, 93 Nimzo-Indian, 229–230 Petroff’s Defense, 108, 109 Open Variation, 81, 82 Pirc Classical, 178 Orthodox Variation, 202 Reversed Sicilian, 290 Petroff’s Defense, 107 Sämisch Variation, 233 Pirc Defense, 171 Slav Defense, 219 Queen’s Gambit, 198 Symmetrical Variation, 293, 295 Réti, 305–307, 309, 311 Tarrasch Variation, 154 Rubinstein Variation, 238, 240 Winawer Variation, 149, 150 Russian System, 260–262 chess. See also specifi c moves Sämisch Variation, 231, 247 notation, 13–15 Scandinavian Defense, 190–194 phases, 9, 10 Scheveningen Variation, 126–127, 129 Chess Cafe (Web site), 347 semi-closed games, 33 Online (magazine), 347 Sicilian Defense reversed, 286, 287 chess openings. See also specifi c openings Slav Defense, 215, 217 common mistakes, 329–337 Sokolsky, 323, 324, 326 defi ned, 9–10 Stonewall Dutch, 281 fundamental characteristics, 17 Symmetrical Variation, 292 memorization of, 1, 337 Tarrasch Variation, 150–152, 154 most frequently played, 10, 20

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chess openings (continued) naming conventions, 10, 27–29 • D• number of, 10, 11 Danish Gambit (opening), 48–52 popular types, 12, 13, 20 database, 342, 347 study tips, 339–343 Davies, Nigel (chess player), 74 transformation to, 11–12 de Firmian, Nick (chess player), 272 types of, 29–34 declining the gambit ChessBase (Web site), 346 Evans Gambit, 67 ChessFM program, 346 Göring Gambit, 104 Chessgame (Web site), 347 King’s Gambit, 45–48 Chessville (Web site), 346 defense, 30 Chigorin, Mikhail (chess player), 46 Denker, Arnold (chess player), 226 Christiansen, Larry (chess player), 215 development Chudinovskikh, Alexander (chess player), Caro-Kann Defense, 156 104 classical method, 176 classical development, 176 Classical Variation, 158, 160 Classical System (opening), 277–279 closed games, 32 Classical Variation (opening) Colle System, 266, 269 Caro-Kann Defense, 156–161 common mistakes, 329, 334 French Defense, 141–144 Danish Gambit, 49, 51 King’s Indian Defense, 242–246 defi ned, 17–18 Nimzo-Indian, 233–237 Dragon Variation, 114 clearance sacrifi ce, 109 Evans Gambit, 68 closed games, 27, 31–32. See also specifi c Exchange Variation, 95 openings Four Knights Opening, 130, 132 Closed Variation (opening), 84–93 Giuoco Piano, 62 coach, chess, 339–340 Göring Gambit, 103, 104 code name, 29 King’s Gambit, 40, 41 Colle, Edgard (chess player), 265 King’s Indian Attack, 318 Colle System (opening), 265–269, 335 Latvian Gambit, 53, 55 color complex, 138 Meran Variation, 220 computer, 342–343 Modern Defense, 182, 183 Contemporary Réti (opening), 305–308 Nimzo-Indian, 230 Conway, Henry Seymour (chess player), 58 open games, 30 copycat move, 72, 291, 292 Open Variation, 81 , 341 Réti, 307 counterattack Sämisch Variation, 232 Advance Variation, 136 Scandinavian Defense, 190 Alekhine’s Defense, 185 Scotch Opening, 99 Austrian Attack, 172 Sicilian Defense reversed, 288 defi ned, 30 Smyslov Variation, 164 Four Knights Opening, 132 Sokolsky, 325, 326 King’s Gambit, 38 Stonewall Dutch, 282 Meran Variation, 220 Symmetrical Variation, 294 Scheveningen Variation, 127 Tarrasch Variation, 154 Smyslov Variation, 162 , 292 Winawer Variation, 147 Djurhuus, Rune (chess player), 152 counter-gambit, 45, 47–48 Donaldson, John (chess player), 232 Crut, Aurelian (chess player), 273

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, 279 Modern Defense, 180–184 double exclamation point (!!), 15 Pirc Defense, 171–180 double fi anchetto, 101, 306, 310 Réti, 305, 306, 309, 310 double king pawn, 11 Reversed Sicilian, 287 double plus sign (++), 15 Sokolsky, 324 double question mark (??), 14 fi le, 13–14 doubled pawn Filippov, Anton (chess player), 131 described, 22–23 Fine, Reuben (chess player), 278 Rubinstein Variation, 239 Fischer, Bobby (chess player) Winawer Variation, 145 Exchange Variation, 93, 94 doubled , 201, 223, 226 King’s Indian, 242 Dragon Variation (opening), 114–118 Najdorf Variation, 123 Dreev, Alexey (chess player), 247 style of play, 12 Dückstein, Andreas (chess player), 172 Tartakower Variation, 207 Dutch Defense (opening), 276–279 fl ank, 33–34, 313. See also specifi c fl ank Dzhumaev, Marat (chess player), 172 openings Fontein, George (chess player), 220 • E • Alekhine’s Defense, 189 Ehlvest, Jaan (chess player), 82 Benoni Defense, 276 engine, 342–343 Bird’s Opening, 315 English Opening Classical Variation, 161 defi ned, 33 defi ned, 22 described, 285–286 Modern Defense, 182 Four Knights Variation, 296–300 Open Variation, 82 illustrated, 34 Réti, 310 Reversed Sicilian, 286–290 Sokolsky, 325 Symmetrical Variation, 290–296 Symmetrical Variation, 295 Epishin, Vladimir (chess player), 162 Winawer Variation, 149 Euwe, Max (chess player), 213, 220, 234 Four Knights (opening) Evans Gambit (opening), 66–70 described, 71–75 Evans, William Davies (chess player), 66 Sicilian Defense, 130–134 Exchange Variation (opening) variation, 296–300 Grünfeld Defense, 256–260 Four Pawns Attack (opening), 250–254 Queen’s Gambit, 209–212 Franke, Roland (chess player), 325 Ruy López, 93–97 Free (Web site), exclamation point (!), 15 345–346 exclamation point/question mark (!?), 14 French Defense (opening) Advance Variation, 136–141 bad bishop, 137–141 • F • Classical Variation, 141–144 Falkbeer Counter-Gambit (opening), 45–48 described, 30, 135–136 Fedorov, Alexei (chess player), 60 illustrated, 28 fi anchetto mobility, 31 Austrian Attack, 173 naming conventions, 28 Bird’s Opening, 313 , 24 Closed Variation, 85 Tarrasch Variation, 150–154 described, 33 Winawer Variation, 144–150 Dragon Variation, 114 friend, chess-playing, 340

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Frobenius, Wolfram (chess player), 321 intermezzo, 287 From, Martin (chess player), 48 Internet (Web site), 346 From’s Gambit (opening), 316 Internet resources, 341–343, 345–347 Ftácnik, Lubomir (chess player), 124 Benoni Defense, 275 Colle System, 269 • G • described, 23–24 gambit, 37–38, 316. See also specifi c Giuoco Piano, 64–66 openings Göring Gambit, 106 Ganbold, Odondoo (chess player), 102 illustrated, 23 Gelfand, Boris (chess player), 244 King’s Gambit, 40, 43, 46 Giuoco Piano (opening), 58, 61–66 Latvian Gambit, 53 Gligoric, Svetozar (chess player), 88, 277 material losses, 21–22 Golod, Vitali (chess player), 231 maximized mobility, 18 Göring, Carl (chess player), 103 notation system, 14 Göring Gambit (opening), 103–106 Open Variation, 82, 83 Greco Counter-Gambit (opening), 52–56 Queen’s Gambit, 198, 199, 200 Grooten, Herman (chess player), 159 Ruy López, 79 Gross, Stephan (chess player), 291 Scotch Opening, 101 Grunberg, Mihai (chess player), 188 Sicilian Defense reversed, 288 Grünfeld, Ernst (chess player), 255 Smyslov Variation, 164, 165 Grünfeld Defense (opening), 255–263 Tarrasch Variation, 152 Two Knights Defense, 77 value of, 21 • H • Ivanchuk, Vassily (chess player), 143 Halkias, Stelios (chess player), 273 Ivanov, Sergey (chess player), 257, 268 Hammer, Peter (chess player), 54 Ivkov, Borislav (chess player), 147 hanging pawn, 207, 209 Hansen, Curt (chess player), 178 • J • Hasenohr, Benedict (chess player), 318 Hecht, Hans-Joachim (chess player), 289 Jansa, Vlastimil (chess player), 128 Hodgson, Julian (chess player), 137 Jenni, Florian (chess player), 238 Horowitz, Al (chess player), 278 Hulak, Krunoslav (chess player), 211 Hypermodern School • K • Austrian Attack, 172 Kacheishvili, Giorgi (chess player), 238 Grünfeld Defense, 255 Kagan, Shimon (chess player), 121 Nimzo-Indian, 229 Kaidanov, Gregory (chess player), 307 opening names, 28 Kamishov, Mikhail (chess player), 53 Réti, 306 Kamsky, Gata (chess player), 84 Russian System, 260 Kann, Marcus (chess player), 155 semi-closed games, 33 Karpov, Anatoly (chess player) Caro-Kann Defense, 155 Dragon Variation, 115 • I • Russian System, 261 icons, explained, 4–5 Scandinavian Defense, 190 , 21 Smyslov Variation, 164 instruction, 346–347 Tartakower Variation, 208

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Kasparov, Garry (chess player) Sicilian Defense reversed, 290 Alekhine’s Defense, 186 Slav Defense, 215, 216, 219 Benoni Defense, 273 Smyslov Variation, 162, 163–165 Evans Gambit, 67 Stonewall Dutch, 282 King’s Indian, 242 Symmetrical Variation, 294 Najdorf Variation, 123 Tarrasch Variation, 152, 154 Russian System, 261 Winawer Variation, 146, 149 Scotch Opening, 99, 100 King’s Gambit (opening) Kengis, Edvins (chess player), 152 accepted, 38–45 Keres, Paul (chess player), 210, 236 Bird’s Opening, 316 Khenkin, Igor (chess player), 132 from Bishop’s Opening, 58 Kholmov, Ratmir (chess player), 39 common mistakes, 335 Kieseritzky Gambit (opening), 42 declined, 45–48 Kindermann, Stefan (chess player), 89, 251 described, 38 king variations, 42 Advance Variation, 140, 168, 170 King’s Indian Attack (opening), 318–321 Alekhine’s Defense, 187 King’s Indian Defense (opening) Bird’s Opening, 314, 316, 318 Classical Variation, 242–246 Botvinnik Variation, 225, 226 described, 28, 241–242 Classical Variation, 141, 142, 158, 234 English Opening, 300–304 Closed Variation, 87 Four Pawns Attack, 250–254 Danish Gambit, 50, 51 Sämisch Variation, 246–250 Dragon Variation, 116, 117 Sokolsky, 324 Dutch Defense, 279 Kirrilov, Vladimir (chess player), 323 Evans Gambit, 67, 70 Exchange Variation, 211, 212, 258, 260 Accelerated Dragon/Fianchetto, 120, 122 Four Knights Opening, 74, 132 Advance Variation, 138, 167, 169 Four Knights Variation, 300 Alekhine’s Defense, 187, 188 Four Pawns Attack, 251 Austrian Attack, 174 Giuoco Piano, 63 Benoni Defense, 274, 275 Göring Gambit, 106 Bird’s Opening, 314, 315, 317, 318 King’s Gambit, 39–48 centralization, 19–20 King’s Indian, 303 Classical Variation of Caro-Kann, 158, 159 Latvian Gambit, 53–55 Classical Variation of French Defense, London System, 269 142, 143 Marshall Attack, 91, 92, 93 Classical Variation of King’s Indian, 243, Meran Variation, 222 245 Modern Defense, 182 Classical Variation of Nimzo-Indian, 233, Najdorf Variation, 124, 125 236, 237 notation system, 14 Closed Variation, 85, 87, 89 Orthodox Variation, 204 Colle System, 266, 268 Petroff’s Defense, 108, 109 Dragon Variation, 116, 118 Pirc Classical, 180 Dutch Defense, 277 Réti, 306 Evans Gambit, 68, 69 Russian System, 263 Exchange Variation, 96, 210–212 Sämisch Variation, 232 fi ght for space, 20 Scandinavian Defense, 193, 194 Four Knights Opening, 71–75, 132 Scotch Opening, 101, 102 Four Knights Variation, 296, 297, 299 security of, 25–26 Four Pawns Attack, 251

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knight (continued) Leko, Peter (chess player), 86, 262 game , 71 line, 30–32, 335–336 Giuoco Piano, 62, 63 Loeffl er, Stefan (chess player), 325 King’s Indian Attack, 318, 320, 322 London System (opening), 269–272, 334 King’s Indian Opening, 301, 302 López, Ruy (chess player), 37, 79 London System, 270 Luchan, Jason (chess player), 269 Meran Variation, 221 Lugano, Hans Karl (chess player), 81 Modern Defense, 180, 184 Najdorf Variation, 124 Nimzo-Indian, 230 • M • Orthodox Variation, 205, 206 Macieja, Bartlomiej (chess player), 143 Pirc Classical, 176, 177 Main Line (opening) Queen’s Gambit, 200 Caro-Kann Defense, 156–166 Réti, 310 defi ned, 156 Reversed Sicilian, 287–289 Slav Defense, 214–219 Rubinstein Variation, 238, 239 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar Russian System, 262 (chess player), 82 Sämisch Variation, 230, 248 Maróczy Bind (opening), 119–123 Scandinavian Defense, 191, 193, 194 Marshall, Frank James (chess player), Scheveningen Variation, 128, 130 49, 91 Slav Defense, 217 Marshall Attack (opening), 90–93 Smyslov Variation, 161, 164 Martens, Martin (chess player), 178 Sokolsky, 323 Martinez, Fernando (chess player), 132 Stonewall Dutch, 280 Martinovic, Slobodan (chess player), 231 Symmetrical Variation, 292 material Tarrasch Variation, 152, 153 Accelerated Dragon/Fianchetto, 120 Tartakower Variation, 209 Advance Variation, 139, 140 Winawer Variation, 145, 148 Austrian Attack, 173, 175 Kobs, Rudolph (chess player), 54 Benoni Defense, 274 Koch, Jean-Rene (chess player), 145 Bird’s Opening, 316, 317 Kogan, Artur (chess player), 192 Bishop’s Opening, 59–61 Kokolias, Konstantinos (chess player), 65 Botvinnik Variation, 225 Koltanowski, George (chess player), 266 Classical Variation, 143, 237 Korchnoi, Viktor (chess player) Closed Variation, 86, 89 Dragon Variation, 115 common mistakes, 332 French Defense, 135, 141 Danish Gambit, 49 Stonewall Dutch, 280 defi ned, 21 Tartakower Variation, 208 Evans Gambit, 67, 69 Kožul, Zdenko (chess player), 247, 252 Four Knights Opening, 130–132 Kramnik, Vladimir (chess player), 222 , 21, 37–38 Göring Gambit, 104 King’s Gambit, 43, 47 • L • King’s Indian, 302 Larsen, Bent (chess player), 119 Latvian Gambit, 55, 56 Lasker, Emanuel (chess player), 93, 314 Marshall Attack, 91 Latvian Gambit (opening), 52–56 Meran Variation, 221 Lautier, Joel (chess player), 125, 262 Modern Defense, 180 lectures, chess, 346, 347 Najdorf Variation, 125, 126 Lehmann, Heinz (chess player), 67 Open Variation, 81

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Petroff’s Defense, 109 Movsesian, Sergei (chess player), 192 quiet game, 61 Müller, Hans (chess player), 67, 172 Réti, 307, 311 Muse, Drazen (chess player), 268 Russian System, 262 sacrifi ce, 21, 37–38 Scheveningen Variation, 127–128, 130 • N • Slav Defense, 215 Nadanian, Ashot (chess player), 107 Smyslov Variation, 163 Najdorf, Miguel (chess player), 123 Sokolsky, 325 Najdorf Variation (opening), 123–126 value of pieces, 21 Nakamura, Hikaru (chess player), 244 Winawer Variation, 146, 147 names, openings, 10, 27–29 Medina-Garcia, Antonio Angel (chess Nikolic, Predrag (chess player), 100 player), 88 Nimzo-Indian Defense (opening), 22 memorizing moves, 1, 337 Nimzo-Indian Opening Meran Variation (opening), 219–223 described, 28, 229–230 Mestel, Jonathan (chess player), 296 variations, 230–240 Mieses, Jacques (chess player), 49 Nimzowitsch, Aron (chess player), 139, Mikhailov-Nogovitsyn, Alexander (chess 168, 229 player), 104 Nordic Gambit (opening), 48–52 Mikhalevski, Victor (chess player), 257 Norman-Hansen, Holger (chess player), 108 military teaching, 17 notation, chess, 13–15, 340–341 minor pieces, 20, 236 Nunn, John (chess player) minority attack, 128, 129 Austrian Attack, 174 mobility, of pieces Benoni Defense, 273 Accelerated Dragon/Fianchetto, 119 Four Pawns Attack, 252 Advance Variation, 137, 139, 166, 168 Open Variation, 81 centralization, 20 Nyholm, Gustaf (chess player), 51 Classical Variation, 157 common mistakes, 329 Exchange Variation, 212 • O • fi ght for center, 19 O’Hanlon, John (chess player), 266 French Defense, 31 Okhotnik, Vladimir (chess player), 75–76 gambits, 37 Old-Indian (opening), 28 maximization, 18 one/dash/zero (1–0), 15 open games, 30 one-half/dash/one-half (½–½), 15 Orthodox Variation, 202 open games. See also specifi c openings pawn structure, 22, 23 defi ned, 11, 27, 29 power of game, 18 described, 30 Rubinstein Variation, 239 gambit, 38 semi-open games, 31 mobility, 31 value of pieces, 21–22 Open Variation (opening), 80–83 Modern Defense (opening), 180–184 openings. See chess openings Modern Variation (opening), 186 Original Réti (opening), 309–312 Moheschunder, Bannerjee Orthodox Variation (opening), 202–206 (chess player), 28 Moiseev, Oleg (chess player), 287 Advance Variation, 138 Moraru, Marius (chess player), 188 Classical Variation, 160 Morozevich, Alexander (chess player), 68 Closed Variation, 85 Moutousis, Konstantinos (chess player), 65 defi ned, 65

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outpost (continued) Najdorf Variation, 123–126 Exchange Variation, 259 notation system, 14, 15 Giuoco Piano, 65, 66 Open Variation, 80–83 Orthodox Variation, 205 Orthodox Variation, 204, 205 Slav Defense, 218 Petroff’s Defense, 109 Pirc Classical, 176, 177 power of, 10 • P • Queen’s Gambit, 197–201 Padevsky, Nikola (chess player), 128 Réti, 308, 310, 311 Palatnik, Semon (Sam) (chess player), 186 Rubinstein Variation, 239, 240 Panchenko, Alexander (chess player), 316 Russian System, 261, 263 Paoli, Enrico (chess player), 77 Ruy López, 79 , 208 Sämisch Variation, 230, 232–233, 246–247 patience, 32 Scandinavian Defense, 190, 193 pawn Scheveningen Variation, 126–128 Accelerated Dragon/Fianchetto, 119–123 Scotch Opening, 100–103 Advance Variation, 137–141, 166, 170 Sicilian Defense reversed, 286–289 Alekhine’s Defense, 185–186, 188, 189 Slav Defense, 213–216 Austrian Attack, 176 Smyslov Variation, 163–165 Benoni Defense, 273–276 Sokolsky, 324–326 Bird’s Opening, 313, 315, 316, 318 Stonewall Dutch, 269, 279–282 Bishop’s Opening, 59, 60 storm, 93, 273 Botvinnik Variation, 223, 225, 226 Symmetrical Variation, 291–295 Classical Variation, 141–144, 158, 234 Tartakower Variation, 207–209 Closed Variation, 85–86 Two Knights Defense, 75–78 Colle System, 266, 269 value of, 21 common mistakes, 333–334 Winawer Variation, 145–146 Danish Gambit, 48–52 wing, 313 Dragon Variation, 116 pawn chain Dutch Defense, 276–278 Accelerated Dragon/Fianchetto, 122 Evans Gambit, 67–69 Advance Variation, 137 Exchange Variation, 94, 210–211, 256–260 Caro-Kann Defense, 156 fl ank, 313 Classical Variation, 143, 244, 245 Four Knights Opening, 73, 131–133 defi ned, 137 Four Knights Variation, 296, 297, 299, 300 described, 24–25 Four Pawns Attack, 251–252 illustrated, 24 French Defense, 135 King’s Indian Attack, 321 Giuoco Piano, 63, 64–66 King’s Indian Opening, 302 Göring Gambit, 103–106 Sämisch Variation, 247 grabbing, 334 Tarrasch Variation, 151, 153 King’s Gambit, 38–48 Winawer Variation, 145 King’s Indian Attack, 319–320 pawn structure. See also specifi c structures King’s Indian Opening, 302 Alekhine’s Defense, 188 Latvian Gambit, 53, 56 Benoni Defense, 275 London System, 269–271 Classical Variation, 233, 243 Marshall Attack, 92 Colle System, 268 maximized mobility, 18 common types, 22–25 Meran Variation, 219–223 described, 22 Modern Defense, 180–184 Dragon Variation, 114

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Exchange Variation, 95 Botvinnik Variation, 226 Four Knights Opening, 74 Classical Variation of Caro-Kann, 159, 161 Nimzo-Indian strategy, 229 Classical Variation of King’s Indian, 246 Queen’s Gambit, 198, 201 Classical Variation of Nimzo-Indian, Rubinstein Variation, 239 233–234, 236–237 Sämisch Variation, 231, 232 Closed Variation, 88 Smyslov Variation, 161 common mistakes, 331 Winawer Variation, 145 Danish Gambit, 50, 52 Pederson, Daniel Vesterbaek (chess Dragon Variation, 117, 118 player), 102 Dutch Defense, 277, 278 Penrose, Jonathan (chess player), 105 Evans Gambit, 69, 70 Perecz, Lazlo (chess player), 174 Exchange Variation, 95, 211 Petroff, Alexander (chess player), 106 Four Knights Opening, 131, 134 Petroff’s Defense (opening), 106–109, 336 Giuoco Piano, 63, 64 Petrosian, Tigran (chess player) Göring Gambit, 104 Accelerated Dragon/Fianchetto, 119 King’s Gambit, 42 Pirc Classical, 177 King’s Indian, 303, 304 Stonewall Dutch, 280 Latvian Gambit, 53–56 style of play, 12 Marshall Attack, 92 Philidor, François-André Danican (chess Meran Variation, 221 player), 57 Modern Defense, 182 pieces. See also specifi c pieces notation system, 14 defi ned, 10 Open Variation, 81, 82 notation system, 13–14 Orthodox Variation, 204 value of, 18, 21 Petroff’s Defense, 107 Pillsbury, Harry Nelson (chess player), 46 Pirc Classical, 177, 178, 179 , 22 Réti, 306, 308, 312 Pirc Classical (opening), 176–180 Russian System, 263 Pirc Defense (opening), 171–180 Scandinavian Defense, 190, 191, 194 Planinc, Albin (chess player), 294 Scheveningen Variation, 130 plus sign (+), 15 Slav Defense, 216 Pokorny, Zdenek (chess player), 96 Smyslov Variation, 163, 164, 165 Poley, Vladimir (chess player), 309 Sokolsky, 325 Polgar, Judith (chess player), 162, 242 Stonewall Dutch, 280–282 Polgar, Zsuzsa (chess player), 291 Symmetrical Variation, 292 pound sign (#), 15 Tarrasch Variation, 150, 152 Pribyl, Josef (chess player), 258, 289 Tartakower Variation, 208 psychology, 46 Two Knights Defense, 77 putting the question, 46, 230 value of, 21 Queen’s Gambit (opening) accepted, 23–24, 198–202 • Q • declined, 32, 198, 209–212 queen defenses, 213 Accelerated Dragon/Fianchetto, 121 described, 197–198 Advance Variation, 139, 170 Exchange Variation, 209–212 Alekhine’s Defense, 189 Orthodox Variation, 202–206 Austrian Attack, 173 Tartakower Variation, 206–209 Bird’s Opening, 315, 316, 318 Queen’s Indian Defense (opening), 28 Bishop’s Opening, 59 question mark (?), 14

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semi-open games, 30–31, 185. See also Slav Defense, 215 specifi c openings Sokolsky, 323 Semi-Slav (opening), 219–227 Symmetrical Variation, 292 Shabtai, Ran (chess player), 74 Tartakower Variation, 208 Sher, Miron (chess player), 215 Winawer Variation, 145 Shirov, Alexei (chess player), 60 Spassky, Boris (chess player) Short, Nigel (chess player), 166, 239 Exchange Variation, 94, 211 shorthand, chess, 13–15 King’s Gambit, 39 Sicilian Defense (opening) style of play, 12 colors reversed, 286–290 Tartakower Variation, 207 common mistakes, 330 Speelman, Jonathan (chess player), 137 described, 31, 113–114 Spielmann, Rudolf (chess player), 47 Four Knights Variation, 131–134 Staunton, Howard (chess player), 285 illustrated, 31 Stein, Elias (chess player), 276 origin of, 113 Steiner, Herman (chess player), 281 popularity of, 113 Steinitz, Wilhelm (chess player), 62, 85 Scheveningen Variation, 127–129 Stellwagen, Daniel (chess player), 159, 303 Sigurjonsson, Gudmundur (chess player), Stonewall Dutch (opening) 298 Bird’s Opening, 313 silent knight, 71–78 described, 279–282 Silman, Jeremy (chess teacher), 347 London System, 269 , 22 study tips, 339–333 Slav Defense (opening), 32, 213–219 Stukopin, Andrey (chess player), 318 Smeets, Jan (chess player), 224 style of play, 12–13 Smyslov, Vasily (chess player) surprise moves, 57 Four Knights Variation, 296, 298 Suttles, Duncan (chess player), 182 Göring Gambit, 105 Svidler, Peter (chess player), 92 Latvian Gambit, 53 symbols, chess, 14–15 Scheveningen Variation, 127 symmetrical game, 31 Slav Defense, 217 Symmetrical Variation (opening), 290–296 software, 342–343 Sokolov, Andrei (chess player), 76 Sokolsky (opening), 323–326 • T • Sokolsky, Alexei (chess player), 323 Taimanov, Mark (chess player), 217, 307 space, control of Tal, Mikhail (chess player), 12, 177 Accelerated Dragon/Fianchetto, 119, 121 Tarrasch, Siegbert (chess player), 47 Advance Variation, 136, 166–168 Tarrasch Variation (opening), 150–154 Alekhine’s Defense, 186 Tartakower Variation (opening), 206–209 Caro-Kann Defense, 156 tempo Classical Variation, 157–159 Advance Variation, 136 Closed Variation, 85 Classical Variation, 157 Colle System, 268 common mistakes, 329–330 Danish Gambit, 48 defi ned, 18, 136 Exchange Variation, 210, 256 Dutch Defense, 278 French Defense, 135 Four Knights Variation, 297 importance of, 19 Scandinavian Defense, 190 popular openings, 20 Sicilian Defense, 286 Réti, 311 Smyslov Variation, 164 Scandinavian Defense, 190 theoretical novelty, 86

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, 341–342 van Scheltinga, Theo Daniel Todorcevic, Miodrag (chess player), 181 (chess player), 72 Topalov, Veselin (chess player), 242 Varga, Zoltán (chess player), 131 tournaments, 346 variations, 11, 28. See also specifi c transposing variations Austrian Attack, 172–174 Von Bahr, Oskar (chess player), 309 Bird’s Opening, 316 von Bardeleben, Curt (chess player), 62 defi ned, 11–12 Vsevolod, Mikhail (chess player), 117 Dragon Variation, 117 Vukovic, Ivo (chess player), 271 Four Knights Variation, 297 Orthodox Variation, 203 Queen’s Gambit, 198, 199 • W • Sämisch Variation, 231 weakened square, 333–334 Tartakower Variation, 207, 209 Wedberg, Tom (chess player), 121, 141, 311 traps, 336 The Week in Chess (Web site), 347 Trifunovic, Petar (chess player), 72 Westerinen, Heikki (chess player), 248 Two Knights Defense (opening), 75–78 Winawer, Szymon (chess player), 144 wing, 313 • U • Wisker, John (chess player), 313 Uhlmann, Wolfgang (chess player), 258 unbalanced game • X • Benoni Defense, 273 x symbol, 15 Dutch Defense, 276 Sicilian Defense, 114 Two Knights Defense, 75 • Y • Urban, Rudolf (chess player), 271 Yates, Frederick (chess player), 306 U.S. Chess Foundation, 347 Yudin, Sergei (chess player), 303 Yugoslav Attack (opening), 115 • V • Yusupov, Artur (chess player), 89 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime (chess player), 92 • Z • Vaganian, Rafael (chess player), 239, 294 zero/dash/one (0–1), 15 Vaisser, Anatoli (chess player), 251 zero/dash/zero (0–0), 15 zero/dash/zero/dash/zero (0–0–0), 15

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