An SOS deviates very early from the regular lines in a mainstream opening, usually even before move six! That is why it is so easy to actually bring the variation on the board.

You will baffle your opponent without having studied large quantities of stuffy theory. Please have a quick look at the SOS's in this issue

Contents:

1 - Jeroen Bosch - The SOS Files

2 - Jeroen Bosch - SOS in the Lasker Defence

3 - Simon Williams - King’s Gambit: Tartakower Variation

4 - Alexander Finkel - An Opening Bomb in the Slav

5 - Dimitri Reinderman - Sicilian Najdorf: the ‘Mejvik Variation’

6 - Sinisa Drazic - A King’s Indian Surprise

7 - Igor Lysyj - Queen’s Indian: Chernyshov’s Line

8 - Jeroen Bosch - An Unusual Taimanov

9 - Maurits Wind - The Mayet Defence

10 - Arthur Kogan - English Opening: Early Inspiration

11 - Alexander Finkel - Caro-Kann Advanced: an SOS Trend

12 - Matthieu Cornette - Grünfeld Fianchetto: a New Idea

13 - Max Illingworth - Sicilian: the Illingworth Gambit

14 - Jeroen Bosch - Avoiding the King’s Indian Sämisch

15 - Sinisa Drazic - Sicilian: the Bücker-Welling Variation

16 - Jeroen Bosch - Fianchetto in the Alekhine Four Pawns

17 - Arthur Kogan - King’s Gambit – a Patzer Check

Readers of this series can ignore large areas of the ever expanding chess opening theory.

They can concentrate on these surprising ideas, because SOS variations deviate very early from the regular lines in mainstream openings.

Ideal for players who don’t have enough time to keep abreast with main line theory.

Figurine Notation, 143 Seiten, 2012, kartoniert, englisch.