Do you need a well-deserved break from your normal chess openings?
Are you tired of constantly having to keep up with modern chess theory?
Or perhaps you simply wish to try out something new and inspiring, but cannot decide amongst the embarrassment of choices available?
Look no further for the answer! In Dangerous Weapons: 1 e4 e5, renowned opening experts John Emms, Glenn Flear and Andrew Greet take a revolutionary look at one of the most famous and widely-played chess openings. Instead of travelling down well-trodden and analysed paths, the authors concentrate on fresh or little-explored variations, selecting a wealth of 'dangerous' options for both colours. Whether playing White or Black, a study of this book will leave you confident and fully-armed, and your opponents running for cover!
Dangerous Weapons is an exciting series of opening books which supply the reader with an abundance of hard-hitting ideas to revitalize his or her opening repertoire. Many of the carefully chosen weapons are innovative, visually shocking, incredibly tricky, or have been unfairly discarded; they are guaranteed to throw even your most experienced opponent off balance.
Dazzle Your Opponents in the Open Game
p. 335, paperback, 2008
Contents
Preface
Series Introduction
1 The Max Lange Gambit
(1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bc4 Bc5 4 0-0 Nf6 5 d4)
2 Reviving the Max Lange Attack
(1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bc4 Bc5 4 0-0 Nf6 5 d4 exd4 6 e5 d5 7 exf6 dxc4 8 fxg7)
3 Calming the Romantics
(1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bc4 Bc5 4 c3 Nf6 5 d4 exd4 6 cxd4 Bb4+ 7 Bd2 Nxe4 and 4 b4 Bxb4 5 c3 Ba5)
4 L'Oiseau
(1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 Nd4)
5 Twenty Years of Obscurity
(1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 a6 4 Ba4 Nf6 5 0-0 Bc5)
6 Facing up to the Exchange Variation
(1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 a6 4 Bxc6 dxc6 5 0-0 Be7)
7 Denying Black his Fun
(1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 Bb5 Nd4 5 0-0)
8 Livening up the Three Knights and Scotch
(1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Nc3 g6 and 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 g6)
9 Don't be Boring against the Göring!
(1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 d4 exd4 4 c3 Nf6 5 e5 Ne4 and 3 c3 Nf6 4 d4 exd4 5 e5 Ne4)
10 Fighting the Pseudo King's Gambiteers
(1 e4 e5 2 Bc4 Nf6 3 d3 Bc5 4 Nc3 0-0)
11 The Vienna Poisoned Pawn
(1 e4 e5 2 Nc3 Nc6 3 Bc4 Bc5 4 Qg4 Nd4)
12 Play like a Victorian: The King's Bishop's Gambit
(1 e4 e5 2 f4 exf4 3 Bc4)
13 The Centre Game Revealed: Part I
(1 e4 e5 2 d4 exd4 3 Qxd4 Nc6 4 Qe3 Nf6 5 Nc3 Bb4 main line)
14 The Centre Game Revealed: Part II
(1 e4 e5 2 d4 exd4 3 Qxd4 Nc6 4 Qe3 Nf6 5 Nc3 others)
15 The Centre Game Revealed: Part III
(1 e4 e5 2 d4 exd4 3 Qxd4 Nc6 4 Qe3 others)