French Winawer: Move by Move

by Steve Giddins

Overview

Thisseries provides an ideal platform to study chess openings. By continually challenging the reader to answer probing questions throughout the book, the Move by Move formatgreatly encourages the learning and practising of vital skills just as much as the traditional assimilation of opening knowledge. Carefully selected questions and answers are designed to keep you actively involved and allow you to monitor your progress as you learn. This is an excellent way to study any chess opening and at the same time improve your general chess skills and knowledge.
The Winawer is a very popular choice amongst French Defence players. It enjoys a sound reputation and reaches positions rich in possibilities for both players. It offers Black the opportunity to enter sharp, dynamic lines, such as the notorious Poisoned Pawn Variation, as well as lines which are more strategic in nature. In this book, FIDE Master Steve Giddins invites you to join him in studying the French Winawer, an opening which he has played for over 25 years, and its many variations. He examines instructive games, covers the most important lines and provides answers to all the key questions. *Essential guidance and training in the French Winawer*Important ideas absorbed by continued practice*Utilizes an ideal approach to chess study

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781857449921
Publisher:	Everyman Chess
Publication date:	03/19/2013
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	6.70(w) x 9.40(h) x 0.70(d)

Table of Contents

About the Author 3

Series Foreword 7

Bibliography 8

Introduction 9

Game 1 Smyslov-Botvinnik (USSR Championship 1944) 12

Game 2 Tolush-Botvinnik (USSR Championship 1945) 23

Game 3 Timman-Korchnoi (Leeuwarden match 1976) 30

Game 4 Van Seters-Korchnoi (Skopje Olympiad 1972) 39

Game 5 Suetin-Uhlmann (Berlin 1967) 45

Game 6 Byrne-Korchnoi (London 1979) 50

Game 7 Byrne-Vaganian (Moscow 1975) 58

Game 8 Ragozin-Botvinnik (Training match 1944) 64

Game 9 Hartston-Uhlmann (Hastings 1972) 75

Game 10 Bogdanovich-Uhlmann (Sarajevo 1965) 80

Game 11 Fischer-Uhlmann (Buenos Aires i960) 87

Game 12 Felgaer-Korctmoi (Bled Olympiad 2002) 96

Game 13 Vidarsson-Ward (Reykjavik 1998) 105

Game 14 Kanafsck-Atalik (Mar del Plata 2003) 118

Game 15 Inarkiev-Vitiugov (Russian Championship 2008) 130

Game 16 Cheparinov-Grischuk (Baku Grand Prix 2008) 140

Game 17 Kuipers-Stellwagen (Dutch League 2011) 157

Game 18 Atlas-Kmdermann (Austrian League 2006) 176

Game 19 Hort-Petrosian (European Team Ch'ship, Kapfenberg 1970) 190

Game 20 Najer-Korobov (Czech League 2011) 207

Game 21 Karpov-Nogueiras (Rotterdam 1989) 224

Game 22 Chistiakov-Petrosian (Moscow Championship 1956) 234

Game 23 Fischer-Kovacevic (Rovinj Zagreb 1970) 249

Game 24 Stripunsky-Shulman (US Championship 2010) 259

Game 25 Bezgodov-Kornev (Russian Championship 2003) 272

Index of Variations 286

Editorial Reviews

As a startup book to ease you into the Winawer, this one is just about perfect.

- New in Chess

This is an excellent book and can be recommended to anyone thinking about taking up the Winawer, or to players who already play it and wish to improve their understanding of it. For those taking up the Winawer from new, they may subsequently find that they also need a traditional "variations" opening book (Giddins himself points the reader to John Watson's 'play the French' occasionally in the text), and it may well be that Giddins's book and a traditional book work best in combination (though I repeat that Steve's book is not skimpy on theory). Highly recommended.

- British Chess Magazine

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