Winning Quickly at Chess: Catastrophes & Tactics in the Chess Opening – Selected Brilliancies from Volumes 1-9 Chess Tactics, Brilliancies & Blunders in the Chess Opening by Carsten Hansen 2018 CarstenChess Catastrophes & Tactics in the Chess Opening: Selected Brilliancies Winning Quickly at Chess: Catastrophes & Tactics in the Chess Opening – Selected Brilliancies from Volumes 1-9 Copyright © 2018 by Carsten Hansen All rights reserved. This book or any portion thereof may not be reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of the publisher except for the use of brief quotations in a book review. Printed in the United States of America First Printing, 2018 ISBN (print edition): 978-1-980-559429 CarstenChess 207 Harbor Place Bayonne, NJ 07002 www.WinningQuicklyatChess.com 1 Catastrophes & Tactics in the Chess Opening: Selected Brilliancies Table of Contents Table of Contents ................................................................................................................................. 2 INTRODUCTION.................................................................................................................................... 5 VOLUME 1 ............................................................................................................................................... 7 CHAPTER 1.1 The King’s Indian Defense .................................................................................. 8 CHAPTER 1.2 The Grünfeld Indian Defense .......................................................................... 10 CHAPTER 1.3 The Queen’s Indian Defense ........................................................................... 12 CHAPTER 1.4 The Nimzo-Indian Defense .............................................................................. 14 CHAPTER 1.5 The Catalan, The Blumenfeld ......................................................................... 17 VOLUME 2 ............................................................................................................................................ 19 CHAPTER 2.1 The Slav Defense .................................................................................................. 20 CHAPTER 2.2 Queen’s Gambit Accepted ................................................................................ 22 CHAPTER 2.3 Queen’s Gambit: Specialty Main Lines ....................................................... 25 CHAPTER 2.4 Semi-Tarrasch & Semi-Slav ............................................................................. 28 CHAPTER 2.5 Queen’s Gambit Classical Main Lines .......................................................... 30 CHAPTER 2.6 Queen’s Gambit Specialties ............................................................................. 32 CHAPTER 2.71 d4 d5 Specialties ............................................................................................... 35 VOLUME 3 ............................................................................................................................................ 37 CHAPTER 3.1 Minor Flank Openings ....................................................................................... 38 CHAPTER 3.2 Reti & King’s Indian Attack.............................................................................. 40 CHAPTER 3.3 English Opening: Indian, Dutch & Slav Lines .......................................... 42 CHAPTER 3.4 English Opening: 1.c4 e5 .................................................................................. 43 CHAPTER 3.5 Symmetrical English: 1.c4 c5 .......................................................................... 45 VOLUME 4 ............................................................................................................................................ 47 CHAPTER 4.1 Dutch – Main Lines .............................................................................................. 48 CHAPTER 4.2 Dutch - Anti-Dutch .............................................................................................. 50 CHAPTER 4.3 Benonis & Benko Gambit.................................................................................. 52 CHAPTER 4.4 Trompowsky Attack ........................................................................................... 54 CHAPTER 4.5 The Anti-Indians .................................................................................................. 56 CHAPTER 4.6 Budapest & Fajarowicz Gambits ................................................................... 59 CHAPTER 4.7 Old Indian & Minor d-pawn Specials .......................................................... 61 VOLUME 5 ............................................................................................................................................ 62 2 Catastrophes & Tactics in the Chess Opening: Selected Brilliancies CHAPTER 5.1 Alapin Variation 2 c3 .......................................................................................... 63 CHAPTER 5.2 The Grand Prix Attack ....................................................................................... 65 CHAPTER 5.3 The Closed Sicilians ............................................................................................ 67 CHAPTER 5.4 The Rossolimo Attack with 3...g6 ................................................................. 69 CHAPTER 5.5 The Rossolimo Attack with Other 3rd Moves ......................................... 71 CHAPTER 5.6 The Moscow Attack............................................................................................. 73 CHAPTER 5.72.Nf3 d6 Specialties ............................................................................................. 75 CHAPTER 5.82.Nf3 e6 Specialties .............................................................................................. 77 CHAPTER 5.9 O'Kelly (2...a6), Ultra-Fianchetto (2...g6) and Nimzowitch (2...Nf6) ................................................................................................................................................................... 79 CHAPTER 5.10 Other Specialties ............................................................................................... 81 VOLUME 6 ............................................................................................................................................ 83 CHAPTER 6.1 Najdorf Variation ................................................................................................. 84 CHAPTER 6.2 Scheveningen Variation .................................................................................... 86 CHAPTER 6.3 Dragon & Accelerated Dragon Variations ................................................. 89 CHAPTER 6.4 Classical Variation including the Richter-Rauzer & Sozin Attack .. 91 CHAPTER 6.5 Taimanov, Kan & Paulsen Variations .......................................................... 93 CHAPTER 6.6 Kalashnikov & Sveshnikov Variations ........................................................ 94 VOLUME 7 ............................................................................................................................................ 95 CHAPTER 7.1 Scandinavian Defense – The Center Counter .......................................... 96 CHAPTER 7.2 Pirc Defense ........................................................................................................... 99 CHAPTER 7.3 Modern Defense ................................................................................................ 101 CHAPTER 7.4 King’s Fianchetto – 1…g6 .............................................................................. 103 CHAPTER 7.5 Alekhine Defense .............................................................................................. 106 CHAPTER 7.61…Nc6, 1…b6 & 1…a6 ...................................................................................... 108 VOLUME 8 ......................................................................................................................................... 110 CHAPTER 8.1 Scotch Game & Gambit ................................................................................... 111 CHAPTER 8.2 Italian Game & Evans Gambit ...................................................................... 112 CHAPTER 8.3 Two Knights Defense ...................................................................................... 113 CHAPTER 8.4 Four Knights ....................................................................................................... 115 CHAPTER 8.5 Ruy Lopez without 3…a6 .............................................................................. 117 CHAPTER 8.6 Ruy Lopez with 3…a6 ..................................................................................... 119 CHAPTER 8.7 Petroff / Russian Game .................................................................................. 121 3 Catastrophes & Tactics in the Chess Opening: Selected Brilliancies CHAPTER 8.8 Philidor’s Defense ............................................................................................. 123 CHAPTER 8.9 King’s Gambit ..................................................................................................... 125 CHAPTER 8.10 Vienna Game & Bishop’s Opening .......................................................... 127 CHAPTER 8.11 Minor Openings .............................................................................................. 129 CHAPTER 8.12 Minor Gambits ................................................................................................