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Re: Scheveningen
Reply #10 - 12/24/08 at 17:28:18
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Just an observation:  If you play the straight-up Scheveningen move order OTB, you will see fewer Keres attacks than you might think.  Strong players will play it, but others tend to avoid it.  I don't know why -- maybe they figure that you wouldn't be allowing it if you didn't have something prepared against it.  Against those players that do try it, I find that many of them don't know it very well.  

Also, against lower-rated players, you will see a lot of 6.Bg5, which can actually be pretty annoying, since the main Scheveningen line with ..Nxe4 liquidates into a ending that can be hard to win as Black.  Pritchett gives some options for keeping more life in the game, but I generally find myself drifting into a Najdorf, which then starts to make me wonder why I don't just play the Najdorf move order to begin with.
  
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Re: Scheveningen
Reply #9 - 12/23/08 at 19:27:52
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Kasparov/Nikitin book still worth having.  Verbal explanations and some of the analysis still topical, some areas obviously out of date.  Use with caution.   

Pedersen was a useful summary in its time, but now dated.  Not worth getting.

Emms is excellent, but only from Najdorf move order.  No coverage of the Modern Scheveningen (w/o ..a6) or Keres.

A handful of pages on the Modern Scheveningen in Revolution in the 70s.  Not worth getting on that basis alone, but you should get the book anyway.

 

  
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Re: Scheveningen
Reply #8 - 12/23/08 at 14:10:53
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Agree, Adorjan is great. 
Utterly loopy, mad as a tree, but his analyses on such areas as Grunfeld, Schev (Keres and his Qb6 line), Caro-kann panov ending line are gold dust.
  
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Re: Scheveningen
Reply #7 - 12/23/08 at 11:12:42
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I have Pritchett's book which I find OKish. I do get the impression that it is two books in one: a very detailed look at mainline scheveningen with Be2 where black doesn't play a6 quickly and a repertoire approach for everything else. 
I also have Adjorans "Black is OK... forever" (long live the bargain bin) which I find a very interesting book. A lot of Keres material in that book and some strange but wonderfull essays about a lot of topics. 

  
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Re: Scheveningen
Reply #6 - 12/23/08 at 06:23:00
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You can also try Easy Guide to the Sicilian Scheveningen by Steffen Pedersen.  The book is 10 years old, but may contain more information about the lines than the Starting Out book.
  
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Re: Scheveningen
Reply #5 - 12/23/08 at 06:00:43
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I'm in Louisiana and unfortunately competitive chess seems pretty dead here.  A player rated under 2000 USCF just won the state championship.  I think Mississippi might be even worse off.  I could go to Mobile, AL to play in some tournaments sometime maybe.  I play on FICS in the Teamleague.  I'm rated around 2000 on FICS but I think I'm underrated by about 100-150 points or so.  I haven't played in a while but I plan to play in the next Teamleague tournament in January and I'm hoping that my rating will go up some more.

Another source that would be great for you would be the Bookup ebook on the Scheveningen.  Black is OK! by Adorjan has some Keres analysis not covered in the Starting Out book.  I think Pritchett may have given the wrong book title in his Keres annotatations unless the sequel to this book has updated Keres analysis.

I haven't had much use for the very old Kasparov book.  I think it's probably too outdated.  There are two German language books from something like 1998.  I don't know how they are or what lines are covered.  I saw them on Ebay recently.  If you can read German these are probably worth getting.

The Emms book is great.  There are some lines that will transpose or offer you nice alternatives to Pritchett.

Experts vs the Sicilian has a lot of Keres material from the White side.  It's probably the best source for a lot of the Keres lines.
  
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Re: Scheveningen
Reply #4 - 12/22/08 at 18:39:59
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That might be interesting. What is your ELO/USCF region?

And for everyone: Would the Emms Najdorf bok (which I used to own) be useful at all for my intended repertoire of Schev without early ...a6? Also: Any interesting sources re: the Keres Attack?
  
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Re: Scheveningen
Reply #3 - 12/16/08 at 05:53:39
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If you come on FICS we can look at it.  I'm working on the Scheveningen off and on also and I've been looking at it with another person on there.  Maybe we could even do some team games for practice.
  
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Re: Scheveningen
Reply #2 - 12/16/08 at 03:30:42
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Cool, thanks. What kind of Schev content does it have? Also, do you recommend Kasparov and Nikitin's classic on ...e6 and ...d6 Sicilians, or is it too dated to be helpful?

On another note, it definitely seems like the Scheveningen is long overdue for a good book pitched at a high level.
  
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Re: Scheveningen
Reply #1 - 12/16/08 at 01:56:07
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Black is Still OK by Andras Adorjan
  
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Scheveningen
12/15/08 at 00:56:09
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Hey guys,

I'm a FIDE 2100 player looking to come back to the Scheveningen after a couple years away from the Sicilian. I'm going to get the Pritchett Starting Out book, since I'll be playing it without ...a6. Any other recommendations for sources?

Take care.
  
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