French Defence Advance Vol.2: Advance Variation Volume 2

by Evgeny Sveshnikov

Overview

The second half of a two-volume work, this set is intended for a broad range of chess enthusiasts. The author believes that anyone making a thorough study of the available material can expect an improvement in playing strength in this system of approximate 200 Elo points. This second volume contains 61 theoretically important games for independent analysis, an encyclopedia of variations, a summary of the 3.e5 system, games for further study, and the latest theoretical developments.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783283005245
Publisher:	Edition Olms
Publication date:	10/10/2007
Series:	French Defence Advance Series , #2
Pages:	152
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.33(d)

About the Author

Sveshnikov took part in his first USSR Chess Championship at the age of 17. FIDE awarded him the title of International Master in 1975 and Grandmaster in 1977.
In his first international competitions he was joint winner in Decin 1974, shared first place (with Lev Polugaevsky) in Sochi 1976 and won category 8 tournaments in Le Havre 1977 and Cienfuegos 1979. In Novi Sad 1979 he shared second prize with Efim Geller behind Florin Gheorghiu. In Wijk aan Zee 1981 he shared 3rd place, and in 1983 he was joint champion of Moscow. Sveshnikov won the Latvian Chess Championship in 2003 and 2010. In 2017, Sveshnikov won the 65+ section of the World Senior Chess Championship.

Table of Contents

Foreword   Anatoly Karpov     6
Introduction     8
Symbols     10
For and against 3. e5     11
The plans for each side, linked to the pawn structure     24
Attack on the king     25
Advantage in space and/or development, typical endgame     42
For and against the blockade, weak colour complex     68
Play on both wings     82
The many facets of the blockade     108
Aaron Nimzowitsch: theoretician, practical player and romantic     108
The classical blockade     111
The modern view of Nimzowitsch's theory     119
What would you play?     134
Check your solutions!     146
Appendix     157
Index of themes     157
Index of names     158
Index of games     160
Index of variations     175

Editorial Reviews

"I consider this book to be a real manual, original in its conception and excellent in its execution. It not only teaches you how to play a specific variation of the French Defence, but it also helps you understand many strategic ideas and their practical application in the middlegame, which for the majority of players is even more important."  —Anatoly Karpov, 12th world chess champion

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