Hansen: Miniatures in the Queen's Indian: 4.g3

Autor: Hansen, Carsten
Verlag: Russell Enterprises
Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
Sprache: English
Buchumschlag: book
Seiten: 318

The subject of this book is the Fianchetto Variation of the Queen's Indian Defense, which arises after 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3.

Its purpose is to entertain and educate you. The entertainment consists of 100 main games all of which are 25 moves or less. In addition to the main games, you will find miniatures included in the notes, along with many other complete games. The education part involves solving tactical puzzles, reasoning your way to the right move, spotting combinations and studying the theory associated with these lines.

While the theoretical coverage may not necessarily be as deep as in opening monographs or repertoire books, there's usually more than enough to give you a good understanding of the particular line, making it easier for you to incorporate it into your opening repertoire. We have also tried to include some key alternatives with analysis to give you an idea of ​​other possibilities for both sides. As for the games, they are typically between players with a rating of at least 2350 and in fact are often stronger.

Some of the lines are incredibly theoretical, but rather than burden you with a ton of theory in lines you will have limited chance of using in your own games, the emphasis is on the lines that are more likely to occur in your games. Those lines will be in chapters 3 and 4, the two longest chapters of the book.

This book is by no means an all-encompassing theory work, which means that there is a lot of theory that is not discussed in the notes. This is of course intentional. The book is written to entertain and inspire. If you find some lines that you like, you are encouraged to dive deeper into those lines before using them in your own games.

As for the games, they are typically between players with a rating of at least 2350 and often well more than that; you will find games between players rated above 2700 in this book.

The book will serve equally well for the chess instructor who wants to illustrate a tactical theme, those who want inspiration for their own opening repertoire as well as those who just want some enjoyable entertainment.

318 pages, paperback, 1st edition 2016

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