Winning with 1.d4!

En overkommelig ny repertoarbok for hvit om å spille 1 d4 normalt fulgt av 2 c4. Boka gir hvit aktive valg som setter svart under et press fra start, og dekker alle svarts "normale" åpningsvalg.

Aggressive valg i boka er for eksempel Sämischvarianten 4 a3 mot Nimzoindisk, 3 e4 mot Mottatt Dronninggambit, 3 f3 mot Grünfeld-indisk, 2 Sc3 mot Hollandsk, Sämischvarianten 5 f3 mot Kongeindisk og samme oppstilling med 7 f3 mot Moderne Benoni.

Mot klassisk Dronninggambit foreskriver boka avbyttevarianten 4 cxd5 fulgt av Se2 og mot Slavisk dronninggambit avbyttevarianten 3 cxd5. Mot Benkö-gambit velger forfatterne varianten 5 b6 og mot Budapestgambit 3... Sg4 enkelt 4 Sf3.

En praktisk åpningsbok med flere nye ideer gjerne for spillere med ratingnivå cirka 1300 - 2100.

Forlagets egen omtale:

Winning with 1.d4! offers a complete repertoire for d4 players against all plausible responses. The recommendations were selected with the main goal of enabling the reader to leave out vast amounts of opening theory and to concentrate on a comprehensible number of lines that promise some initiative and active play and often even an opening advantage.

Here is what you can expect from Winning with 1.d4!. – Well chosen promising opening systems from the abundance of theory – Easily understandable presentation and thorough discussion of ideas and plans – Novelties and other discoveries from current tournaments, both in classical and in correspondence chess – Annotated games for your practical training

FM Jerzy Konikowski has published a large number of excellent opening books. Uwe Bekemann is a national master in correspondence chess and has published several books on gambits.