Complete Repertoire for Black Using the Sharpest Systems

Brought together in one volume as part of Everyman Chesss series of compilation books: Play the Najdorf: Scheveningen Style by John Emms and Play the Kings Indian: A complete Repertoire for Black in this most dynamic of openings by Joe GallagherThe Najdorf Sicilian is one of the most sharp dynamic and popular openings that Black can play and is a firm favourite amongst the worlds elite players including world number one Garry Kasparov. From very early on Black unbalances the game to a reach a position in which one can play for the win without exceptional risk.The soundness of the Najdorf has never been questioned but some players can be put off by the ever-spiralling amount of theory amassed on this great opening. In Play the Najdorf however Grandmaster and openings expert John Emms condenses this mountain to produce a workable black repertoire against all of Whites possible options.The Kings Indian has always been one of the sharpest most complex and popular openings that Black can play; it still provides the setting for many encounters at the elite level of Grandmaster chess. Straight from the start Black fights for the initiative and in many variations while White pursues material gains it is Black who has the psychological advantage of trying to checkmate the opponents king.Despite its many advantages some prospective Kings Indian players are put off by the seemingly endless amount of theory one is supposed to learn. In Play the Kings Indian however Grandmaster and life-long Kings Indian devotee Joe Gallagher has produced a comprehensive and yet workable black repertoire against all of Whites most dangerous possibilities.