Attacking with 1 e4

All possible defences to 1 e4 are covered

Written by a battle-hardened 1 e4 player

Fed up with having to learn so much opening theory?

Struggling to keep up with all the latest developments?

Then this book will be the answer to all your problems!

Grandmaster John Emms offers a new arsenal of opening weapons with which to attack to your unsuspecting opponents. Starting with the move 1 e4, the reader is armed with systems against all possible black defences. In each case learning ideas is more important than memorising long variations, so this repertoire should be ideal for players who don’t have the luxury of being able to spend countless hours studying theory. Each line is easy to learn and play, but will they will still pose your opponent difficult problems to solve over the board.

Contents:
1. Attacking the Sicilian: the Closed variation
2. Attacking 1...e5: the Bishop`s Opening
3. Attacking the French: the King`s Indian Attack
4. Attacking the Caro-Kann: 2.c4
5. Attacking the Pirc: The 150 attack
6. Attacking the Modern: The 150 attack
7. Attacking the Scandinavian
8. Attacking the Alekhine: the exchange variation
9. Other Black Defences<BR>

John Emms is one of Britain’s strongest Grandmasters and was a member of the England team which played in the 2000 Chess Olympiad in Istanbul. He has also carved out a reputation for being an excellent chess writer and has many works under his name. He is co-author of the very popular openings bible Nunn’s Chess Openings, also published by Everyman Chess

• Casa editrice Everyman Chess
• Code 4499
• Anno 2001
• Pagine p. 160
• Isbn 9781857442670