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Re: The Ultimate Anti-Grünfeld. A Repertoire with 3.f3
Reply #37 - 08/26/13 at 10:06:24
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Semkov wrote on 08/25/13 at 16:39:39:
It is also available for Android for $18. I added today Index of branches at the beginning of every "Step by Step" chapter so one can go directly to the branch by tapping on the move in the index.


I purchased the ebook. Looks good!
I believe my long-lasting decision making of what to play against GI is finally over (I already played Samish against KI).
  
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It is also available for Android for $18. I added today Index of branches at the beginning of every "Step by Step" chapter so one can go directly to the branch by tapping on the move in the index.
  
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Re: The Ultimate Anti-Grünfeld. A Repertoire with 3.f3
Reply #35 - 08/23/13 at 08:37:19
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Viking wrote on 08/22/13 at 22:02:58:
I note the book is available at forward chess for ipad. Anyone tried it?


The app is free and there are samples from quite many books. You can try yourself!
  
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Reply #34 - 08/22/13 at 22:02:58
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I note the book is available at forward chess for ipad. Anyone tried it?
  
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Re: The Ultimate Anti-Grünfeld. A Repertoire with 3.f3
Reply #33 - 08/02/13 at 21:44:32
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You should have learned already that every opening system is playable. Even the openly dubious ones, as the Albin, Budapest and similar, are difficult to refute. So it is a matter of style what to choose. If the author has fresh ideas, they can bring many points. 
In the Avrukh case, things are a bit different as he never mentioned in his 2-volume repertoire something every candidate-master in the last 30 years knows - a KI repertoire with g3 has one, but enormous drawback - the system with ...c6, d5 is rock solid. It is the reason no top GM would choose it as a main repertoire (Karpov-Kasparov games were at a purely psychological level). On the contrary, the authors of Wojo's Weapons are more honest and they focus on the practical side.
Svetushkin does not conceal the theoretical problems which White faces in many lines. Sometimes he even suggests strong novelties for Black. In several main lines, evaluated in White's favor, he shows good options for Black instead of keeping the secret for himself.  This is his first book and it is fresh and innovative. I enjoyed editing it.   
  
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Re: The Ultimate Anti-Grünfeld. A Repertoire with 3.f3
Reply #32 - 08/02/13 at 15:02:57
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So he did it the other way round from Avrukh.  Well, this phenomenon goes back at least to Andrew Soltis's "Winning with the English" and "Beating the English."   
I'm reminded of the remark of the American pundit Michael Kinsley -- "Of course, like any good opening-advocacy auth lawyer, I can argue it round or argue it flat."      Smiley
  
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Reply #31 - 08/02/13 at 14:41:16
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Alias wrote on 08/01/13 at 22:57:17:


Hmm, first he publishes a big repertoire tome recommending the Grunfeld and then a book on how to beat / prevent the Grunfeld?  Roll Eyes
  
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Reply #30 - 08/02/13 at 14:21:27
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Thank you, you surprise me. Actually, I'm afraid that we have a poor PR, but we compensate with uncompromising search of new plans. We reject any offers where we feel that the author has nothing to contribute to theory. We seek not simple novelties, but new approaches.
I'm going on vacation in 2 days so if you have queries - send them to my Email.
  
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Reply #29 - 08/02/13 at 11:26:58
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Really impressive PR from Chess Stars Smiley Thank you Mr Semkov for the time you take to listen to and reply to criticism. There are other publishers with other strong points but in this regard Chess Stars is definitely number 1.
  
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Reply #28 - 08/01/13 at 22:57:17
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Another one on the way: http://www.amazon.com/Sabotage-Grunfeld-Cutting-edge-Repertoire-White/dp/9056914...
  
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Re: The Ultimate Anti-Grünfeld. A Repertoire with 3.f3
Reply #27 - 08/01/13 at 20:53:16
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Semkov wrote on 08/01/13 at 18:44:33:
Ok, let it be Byrne... Vox populi vox dei...
From the Eastern players, nobody will understand what is this Byrne Variation, but they do not write in the forum.  

I guess I'll offer the book for Ipad in 10 days and it will be printed probably in 2 weeks.


Will it be available via Paypal order from your site like a couple of your other titles? I usually use the bookdepository, but the chess-star books are rarely available there. Sad
  
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Re: The Ultimate Anti-Grünfeld. A Repertoire with 3.f3
Reply #26 - 08/01/13 at 20:48:52
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MNb wrote on 08/01/13 at 17:32:33:
gwnn wrote on 08/01/13 at 08:56:10:
Unrelated note: is the spelling Sämisch as Samish an accepted alternative or just a typo

Do you think Aisenhauer an accepted alternative for a certain American general and president?

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Sämisch


Up until the internet really got popular, officially it was å=aa, ä=ae, ö=oe but the last decade or so å=a, ä=a, ö=o seems to have taken over in practice... despite that internet addresses nowadays can handle the original letters.
  
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Re: The Ultimate Anti-Grünfeld. A Repertoire with 3.f3
Reply #25 - 08/01/13 at 18:44:33
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Ok, let it be Byrne... Vox populi vox dei...
From the Eastern players, nobody will understand what this Byrne Variation is, but they do not write in the forum.  

I guess I'll offer the book for Ipad in 10 days and it will be printed probably in 2 weeks.
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Re: The Ultimate Anti-Grünfeld. A Repertoire with 3.f3
Reply #24 - 08/01/13 at 17:50:55
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It's really a good news, i'm going to buy this book!
How long should i wait Tongue?
I never tried 3.f3 because i thought that Black gets a favorable version of Benoni, with White having to do lots of knights' manouvres...  Shocked
It's sure that the benefit is that we avoid the scary part of Gruenfeld, indeed i know several Gruenfeld players that prefers the KID version of the Saemish while Benoni is too dangerous for them  Grin
  
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Re: The Ultimate Anti-Grünfeld. A Repertoire with 3.f3
Reply #23 - 08/01/13 at 17:32:33
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gwnn wrote on 08/01/13 at 08:56:10:
Unrelated note: is the spelling Sämisch as Samish an accepted alternative or just a typo

Do you think Aisenhauer an accepted alternative for a certain American general and president?

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Sämisch
  
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