A Universal Weapon 1.d4 d6

En fersk bok om 1... d6 fulgt av e5, etter at den tidligere populære boka av finnene Yrjölä og Tella har vært utsolgt i flere år. Stoffet presenteres på den behagelige måten som i flere bøker fra forlaget Chess-stars.

IM Vladimir Barsky har etablert seg som en seriøs og samtidig populær sjakkforfatter. Dette blir på mange måter en oppfølger til samme forfatters bok "The Modern Philidor" som baserer seg på de samme åpningstrekkene, men da som svar på 1 e4.

Variantoversikten i boka:

• 1.d4 d6 2.c4 e5

• 1 3.dxe5

  • Quick Repertoire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
  • Step by Step. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
  • Complete Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

• 2 3.g3; 3.b3; 3.e4; 3.e4

  • Quick Repertoire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
  • Step by Step. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
  • Complete Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

• 3 3.d5

  • Quick Repertoire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
  • Step by Step. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
  • Complete Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

• 4 3.Nc3

  • Quick Repertoire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
  • Step by Step. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
  • Complete Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

• 5 3.Nf3 e4 4.Ng1; 4.Nfd2

  • Quick Repertoire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
  • Step by Step. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
  • Complete Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

• 6 3.Nf3 e4 4.Ng5

  • Quick Repertoire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
  • Step by Step. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
  • Complete Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

• 1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Bg4

• 7 Various w/o 3.Nbd2, 3.e4 and 3.c4

  • Quick Repertoire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
  • Step by Step. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
  • Complete Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

• 8 3.Nbd2

  • Quick Repertoire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
  • Step by Step. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
  • Complete Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

• 9 3.e4

  • Quick Repertoire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
  • Step by Step. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
  • Complete Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

• 10 3.c4

  • Quick Repertoire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
  • Step by Step. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
  • Complete Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201

• 1.d4 d6

• 11 2.c3; 2.Bg5; 2.Bf4; 2.g3

  • Quick Repertoire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
  • Step by Step. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
  • Complete Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221

Starten på forordet:

In this book, in the one volume, I have analyzed two original, and in fact quite distinct, opening schemes: 1.d4 d6 2.c4 e5 and 1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Bg4. They are encountered in practice quite frequently (there are more than a thousand games with each in the database), but strangely enough the first of these schemes does not have an established official name. The second variation has been referred to by various names – sometimes the Tartakower-Wade system, or the Hodgson variation. Both systems can be characterized by White’s first move, Black’s response, and the somewhat disdainful attitude shown towards them by the chess theoreticians.

I believe that it is typical of both systems that Black is trying to bring about a highly concrete struggle, in which the opponent is forced to make important decisions on practically every move. It quickly becomes clear that White does not have a very wide range of plans that are really dangerous for Black. You should not infer from this last statement that I have found the “secret of eternal youth”, or the panacea that will radically solve the problem of playing with the black pieces in chess. (Nevertheless, I hope that the book will make this problem easier to cope with...). The fact is that with 1.d4 d6 Black “shortens his defensive perimeter” and reduces White’s scope for surprising him with some original set-up. In order to try to obtain an advantage in the opening, White has to dig deeper rather than wider. Black should not remain idle however. In four to five of the most principled variations it should be enough for him to set up a solid defensive line and he will have a reliable defence, not only against 1.d4, but also against 1.Nf3 and 1.с4; for example: 1.Nf3 d6 2.d4 Bg4, or 1.c4 d6 2.Nf3 e5 3.d4 e4 etc. That is why this book has been entitled “A Universal Weapon”.

I should mention that in this monograph, after 1.d4 d6, I have not dealt with the move 2.е4 – then after 2...Nf6 3.Nc3 e5, we enter the realm of the contemporary Philidor Defence, to which my previous book was devoted. As an author I should be delighted if you read that book as well, but if the Pirc-Ufimtsev Defence is a part of your opening repertoire then you can manage without the Modern Philidor Defence. So, the first six chapters of my book are devoted to the 1.d4 d6 2.c4 e5!? System.