Beating the King's Indian and Grünfeld

by Timothy Taylor

Overview

In this book, Timothy Taylor gets to grips with the King’s Indian and Grünfeld, providing White with a number of easy-to-learn and effective weapons which are specially designed to cause Black maximum discomfort. Taylor examines the typical tactical and positional ideas for both players, highlighting the tricks and pitfalls one must look out for. A study of this book will allow the reader to battle against the King’s Indian and the Grünfeld with renewed confidence.*Written by a renowned openings expert *Weapons against two of Black’s most popular defences*Ideal for club and tournament playersInternational Master Timothy Taylor is an experienced tournament player who has enjoyed several notable successes, including winning the US Open. He is also a skilled chess writer, one of his previous books, How to Defeat the Smith-Morra Gambit, becoming a US Chess Federation bestseller. This is his second book for Everyman Chess; his first was Bird’s Opening.Outside of chess, he is the author of two published novels, Elaine the Fair and Amanda, while he directed the film Wicked Pursuits.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781781941478
Publisher:	Continental Sales, Inc.
Publication date:	12/01/2006
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	224
File size:	25 MB
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About the Author

International Master Timothy Taylor is an experienced tournament player who has enjoyed several notable successes including winning the US Open. He is also a skilled chess writer, one of his previous books How to Defeat the Smith-Morra Gambit becoming a US Chess Federation bestseller. He is resident in the US.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements     4
Bibliography     5
Beating the King's Indian Defence
Introduction     7
The Martz Variation     24
Black (or White) avoids the Martz Tabiya     68
The Liz Variation     94
Black (or White) avoids the Liz Tabiya     122
Beating the Grunfeld Defence
Introduction     133
The Knezevic Variation     136
Black avoids the Knezevic Tabiya     162
The Keres Variation     177
Black avoids the Keres Tabiya     197
Index of Variations     218
Index of Complete Games     221

Interviews

In this book, Timothy Taylor gets to grips with the King’s Indian and Grünfeld, providing White with a number of easy-to-learn and effective weapons which are specially designed to cause Black maximum discomfort. Taylor examines the typical tactical and positional ideas for both players, highlighting the tricks and pitfalls one must look out for. A study of this book will allow the reader to battle against the King’s Indian and the Grünfeld with renewed confidence.