The Modernized Modern Defense

by Fernandez

Overview

The Modern Defence is not a solid opening. In fact, on some level maybe it's not an opening at all. It's the Wild West of chess opening theory, a safe haven for true chess lovers who are just spoiling for a fight. The structures that can result are almost unlimited in their variety and the potential for dynamic piece play is also huge. You need real passion to play it, and also the ability to work hard at the board. But it's also played at the very top: even the names Carlsen and Kramnik occur sometimes in these pages! This book is primarily intended for players who want to play the position after 1.e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 for Black. However, and inevitably for the computer age, there is also a strong focus on chess truth. That means there are also some recommendations for White that are not yet well-known in mainstream opening theory, and that the book has something to offer everyone.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789492510884
Publisher:	Thinkers Publishing
Publication date:	09/22/2020
Series:	Modernized
Pages:	376
Product dimensions:	6.70(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

About the Author

GM Daniel Fernandez (born 1995) is an English grandmaster with a slightly unusual approach to chess: at once mischievous and hardworking, and equally comfortable in tactical positions or dry endgames. His style fits the Modern perfectly and he has played it with success for almost a decade. He is a past holder of the British under-18 and under-21 titles, and the winner (or joint winner) of many open tournaments, such as Paracin 2017, Pula 2018, Ghent 2019 and the New Zealand Open 2020. Daniel also writes and commentates frequently, and is a columnist of the 1.e4 section on ChessPublishing.com. This is his second book for Thinkers Publishing, the Modernized Caro-Kann was his first and world wide acclaimed as one of the best.

Table of Contents

Key to Symbols & Bibliography 4

Introduction to the Modernized Modern 7

Part I Illustrative games 13

Part II Pirc Transpositions

Chapter 1 System with 4.$$$e3 43

Chapter 2 Austrian Pirc without 6.$$$5+ 71

Chapter 3 Austrian Pirc with $$$xd7 95

Chapter 4 Austrian Pirc with 8.e6 117

Chapter 5 Classical Pirc with 7.$$$f4 and 7.$$$g5 135

Chapter 6 Classical Pirc Other 7^th moves 159

Part III Systems Chess

Chapter 1 The 4.$$$c4 Variation 179

Chapter 2 Other bishop-move systems 199

Chapter 3 Systems with a preventative 5.a4 219

Chapter 4 Systems with 3.c4 or 4.c4 237

Chapter 5 Systems Chess links for Black 257

Part IV Theoretical Pure Moderns

Chapter 1 Four Piece Systems 279

Chapter 2 Austrian Modern without the early $$$e3 301

Chapter 3 150 Attack without 6.f3 325

Chapter 4 150 Attack with 6.f3 355