Has anyone got this book and if so does it differ greatly from the move by move volume as written by Lakdawala?

https://www.chessdirect.co.uk/acatalog/p4539.pdf on ChessDirect, but not on Everyman website.

It looks like De Beste Zet have it too.

I do find it weird to write book on same opening, when he had already written one just four years earlier 

Everyman website says released June. I still do not see it on coming soon section of De Beste Zet or Schachversand Niggemann. Anyone know if it is releasing soon ¿

snakebite wrote on 06/01/19 at 08:45:52:


Totally agree, but without there being either an index or a list of games used in the excerpt it is going to be difficult to tell.... 

Doubtless Amazon will produce something in due course but that is usually well after release date in Europe.

If the content is different I would have thought that the publishers would highlight this to maximise sales?

dave-o wrote on 05/31/19 at 20:12:14:


Thanks...although Stockfish thinks 20...Kh8 is OK not the type of position you want in an OTB game....

IsaVulpes wrote on 05/31/19 at 14:53:37:


Can you tell me who the game was between....I'm not a member of chess24 so the script is long and slow to trawl through due to all the adds I get. Thanks

Jupp53 wrote on 05/31/19 at 14:23:55:

Does he recommend this Nd7-Nf6 thing against 5 Nc3? 

Then you may want to have a look at this game.. https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/german-masters-2019/3/1/2 

Leon_Trotsky wrote on 05/30/19 at 21:49:48:

I'd guess the reason he writes so many books and the reason Everyman continues to publish them is that they sell well.

Leon_Trotsky wrote on 05/31/19 at 03:30:35:

I'd further guess that his idiosyncratic writing style is key to this success. Like you, I find it irritating, but then I doubt that you or I form part of the target readership of these books, which are probably aimed largely at players who are dipping their toe into the waters of chess literature for the first time and who feel either put off or intimidated by the serious and humourless style of most of it.

Leon_Trotsky wrote on 05/31/19 at 03:30:35:

Perhaps an alternative approach, and one that would reduce the amount of preparation required, would be for you to learn a third-move Ruy Lopez sideline yourself, rather than take up the Petroff. There's plenty of material available on lines such as 3...g6, 3...Nge7 and the Schliemann, for example.

In the pdf sample on page 278 he says "Black wins a pawn with 38...Nc4! 39.a4 Ne5 40.Bh4" etc., but after the game's 38...Nf1? (his question mark) 39.Kd1 Ne3+ 40.Kc1 he completely overlooks that it's the same position. After 40...Nc4 he says "The trouble is White can hold a draw here." In fact after 41.Bh4 (instead of 39.a4) b5 42.Bd8 a4 43.Bc7 Ne5 he now analyzes 44.Bxe5! to a draw. I checked this and couldn't find any big improvement for black. But anyway it's very strange to claim that black wins a pawn by force when the actual game shows a defense.

I see, I found it now. This looks interesting book. If I had to play 1...e5 and avoid all White's sidelines in Ruy López, Petroff would be a good one.

https://www.chessdirect.co.uk/acatalog/p4539.pdf

But from experience reading his previous books, his writing style is annoying. Hopefully he stops with weird jokes and anecdotes 

Where did you find this book ¿ Everyman do not have it displayed and internet search only shows his Move by Move book.

I think another question, is why he write so many books ¿ What about other authors who want subjects he write about ¿