Beating the King's Indian and Grünfeld

by Taylor, Timothy

• ISBN13: 9781857444285
• ISBN10: 1857444280
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-12-01
• Publisher: Everyman Chess

Summary

In this book, Timothy Taylor gets to grips with the King's Indian and Grunfeld, providing White with a number of easy-to-learn and effective weapons which are specially designed to cause Black maximum discomfort. Taylor examines the typical tactical and positional ideas for both players, highlighting the tricks and pitfalls one must look out for. A study of this book will allow the reader to battle against the King's Indian and the Grunfeld with renewed confidence. *Written by a renowned openings expert *Weapons against two of Black's most popular defences *Ideal for club and tournament players International MasterTimothy Tayloris an experienced tournament player who has enjoyed several notable successes, including winning the US Open. He is also a skilled chess writer, one of his previous books,How to Defeat the Smith-Morra Gambit, becoming a US Chess Federation bestseller. This is his second book for Everyman Chess; his first wasBird's Opening. Outside of chess, he is the author of two published novels,Elaine the FairandAmanda, while he directed the filmWicked Pursuits.

Author Biography

International Master Timothy Taylor is an experienced tournament player who has enjoyed several notable successes including winning the US Open. He is also a skilled chess writer, one of his previous books How to Defeat the Smith-Morra Gambit becoming a US Chess Federation bestseller. He is resident in the US.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	4	(1)
Bibliography	5	(2)
Part I: Beating the King's Indian Defence
Introduction	7	(17)
The Martz Variation	24	(44)
Black (or White) avoids the Martz Tabiya	68	(26)
The Liz Variation	94	(28)
Black (or White) avoids the Liz Tabiya	122	(14)
Part II: Beating the Grunfeld Defence
Introduction	133	(3)
The Knezevic Variation	136	(26)
Black avoids the Knezevic Tabiya	162	(15)
The Keres Variation	177	(20)
Black avoids the Keres Tabiya	197	(21)
Index of Variations	218	(3)
Index of Complete Games	221