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Play Queen's Knight Openings against anything! It's sharp and easy. 1.Nc3! for White is the Van Geet Queen's Knight Attack. 1...Nc6! for Black is the Nimzowitsch Queen's Knight Defence. You have a complete repertoire that works against any opening. This second edition from 2018 is a major revision. Many more grandmaster games have been added. The book now has 188 games with an Index of Names to Games including some by Magnus Carlsen. Follow Miles, Myers, Short, Mikenas, Van Geet, Nimzowitsch, Bogoljubow, Keres, Keilhack, Bauer, and Wisnewski. I have played these openings thousands of times.Author Tim Sawyer introduces you to the superstars of this opening. Their games show you how 1.Nc3 and 1...Nc6 have been handled. Many masters play this from both sides. The author's philosophy is to play the Queen's Knight on move 1 and advance a center pawn on move 2. Sometimes this leads to well-known openings. Often he chooses lesser known openings.As White, you play the knight on the left in the 1.Nc3 Van Geet also called the Dunst Opening. As Black, you play the knight on the right in the dark knight system. It works. A few games from the Sicilian Defence and Vienna Game have been added in case you wish to transpose. But you don't have to. Consider new strategy and tactics and your interest will soar! Some of the author's best-rated tournament games were with the Queen's Knight. You are going to win games that you want to show your friends. Stay excited. Get tactical. Try the Queens Knight Openings!

Welcome to the French Defence chess opening after 1.e4 e6. Author Tim Sawyer analyzes 182 games. This 2018 Second Edition has updated commentary and an Index of Names to Games. The author tells stories and explains chess opening strategy.Spice up your play with the Alapin Diemer Gambit. Discover the ideas of the Advance Variation, the Classical, the MacCutcheon or the kingside attacks in the French Winawer. Focus on active piece play with the Tarrasch Variation. Or boldly try to transpose to the Blackmar-Diemer Gambit in answer to the Burn Variation. Most of the games see White playing 3.Be3, 3.Nd2 or 3.Nc3. Many were played by the author against masters, experts and club players over 45 years of play. The author shows you typical examples in this proven defence. Follow ideas to surprise your opponent and win. The games tell stories about fascinating chess players. Examine a variety of openings from main lines to gambits. Find creative ideas and ways to improve. Have fun playing. Enjoy this book!

Play Bird's Opening 1.f4 and Dutch Defence 1...f5 and win! This 2018 Second Edition has 200 games. You can always play 1.f4 as White. You play 1...f5 as Black against 1.d4 or 1.c4 or 1.Nf3 or anything except 1.e4. Don't worry about other openings. The Bird 1.f4 and the Dutch 1...f5 openings mirror each other. Author Tim Sawyer shares 200 games where he explains what it is like to play these openings or play against them. He spent 45 years playing masters, experts and club players in tournament, correspondence (3 days per move) and blitz games.Bird's Opening begins with 1.f4. It was promoted by Henry Bird. Later Tartakower and Larson tried it. Schwarz, Soltis, Schiller, Hayward, Taylor, and Lakdawala have written on it. Tim Sawyer learned from them. Many masters, experts and club players like these openings. The author has played them since the 1970s. Dealing with Dutch Defence 1...f5 chess opening surprises in your games can make you a better player. Over the years Tim Sawyer has studied Dutch Defence theory in books by Smith, Schwarz, Bellin, Harding, Christiansen, Schiller, Martin, McDonald, Johnsen, Kindermann, Pinksi, and Williams, as well as many others. Sometimes it is called the Hollandaise Defense. Related games are grouped together. They are full of interesting ideas. They tell about fascinating chess players. Examine a huge variety of openings from main lines to gambits. They provide creative ideas and ways to improve. Try the Bird and Dutch!

Play Indian Defences with 1.d4 Nf6. Choose dynamic counter-attacks. Enjoy grandmaster openings and win. This 2018 Second Edition has 202 games is easier to use with commentary, analysis, and opinions by Tim Sawyer and an index of player names to game numbers.This book covers King's Indian and Gruenfeld Defences. Explore the Budapest Gambit, Benko Gambit or Benoni Defence. Study the solid Catalan, Nimzo-Indian or Queen's Indian Defense. Or avoid 2.c4. Choose the Trompowsky, Colle or London System.Enjoy hypermodern openings. Fight for the center. Improve your control of the chess board. Tim Sawyer shares adventures and stories from 45 years playing masters, experts, and club players.This book covers all the openings that begin 1.d4 Nf6 except for those with an immediate 2...d5. Not covered in Indian Defences are 2...d5 (see Queen Pawn 1.d4 d5) or Huebsch Gambit after 2.Nc3 d5 3.e4 Nxe4 (see Blackmar-Diemer Games 2 (Declined).You can find checkmate themes in all these openings. To help you, related games are grouped together. You will find games full of interesting ideas from years of the author's own writing. They provide creative ideas and ways to improve.Consider new strategy and tactics and your interest will soar! You could win games that you may want to show your friends. Stay excited. Have fun. Try it!

Play Queen Pawn openings via 1.d4 d5. Enjoy the 2.Bf4 London System and the 2.c4 Queen's Gambit with its many defenses. In this 2018 Second Edition Tim Sawyer shares 180 games and stories from his 45-year career and other games that interest him from masters, experts, and club players. This book covers Colle and London Systems, Queen's Gambits, Albin Counter Gambit, Slav Defence, Queen's Gambit Declined and others. Join the masters. Play Double Queen Pawn lines.This 2018 edition has updated commentary and an index of player names to the game numbers. This book covers all the openings that begin 1.d4 d5 - except NOT the Blackmar-Diemer Gambit. Tim covers that gambit in great detail in his other books. You can find checkmate themes in all these openings. To help you, related games are grouped together. You will find games full of interesting ideas from years of the author's own writing. They provide creative ideas and ways to improve.Learn to win the center. Improve your control of the chess board. This book is full of little-known lines as well as a review of the main lines. Consider new strategy and tactics and your interest will soar! Stay excited. Play chess and have fun!