A Complete Guide to Countering offbeat openings (Everyman Chess)

Two compelling titles now brought together in one volume! ----- Beating Unusual Chess Defences: 1 e4: Dealing with the Scandinavian Pirc Modern Alekhine and other tricky lines by Andrew Greet. ----- Anyone who plays 1 e4 as White must be prepared not only for Blacks main defences but also an assortment of less popular lines. These when taken together represent a significant percentage of the replies you can expect to meet when opening 1 e4. Dealing with these slightly offbeat variations is often a daunting task especially since your opponents are likely to be specialists in these lines and therefore know them inside out. ----- Beating Unusual Chess Defences provides the perfect solution. International Master Andrew Greet gets to grips with each of these tricky openings. He identifies how to exploit their weaknesses whilst avoiding their strengths thus constructing a practical and dependable repertoire for White. This book covers everything a 1 e4 player needs to know about facing these defences. ----- Beating Unusual Chess Openings: Dealing with the English Reti Kings Indian Attack and other annoying systems by Richard Palliser ----- Beating Unusual Chess Openings is a godsend to those chess players fed up with struggling against all opening moves other than Whites main two: 1 e4 and 1 d4. From the respectable (English Opening Réti and Kings Indian Attack) through to theoffbeat (Nimzo-Larsen Attack Birds Opening) and the totally bizarre (Orang-utan Grob); everything Black needs to know about facing unusual openings is covered within these pages. Richard Palliser gets to grips with all of Whites possibilities examining their strengths and weaknesses and in turn organizing a reliable and practical repertoire for Black.