International Grandmaster Jozsef Pinter is now the number one theoretician in Hungary. He was Hungarian Champion in 1978 and 1979. He played three times in the Interzonal Final. In a game of him against Kasparov, even the ex world champion had to struggle hard to achieve the draw. He is the captain of the Hungarian Olympic Chess Team. The leading teacher of the Maroczy Chess school, he has educated a large number of young talents.
In this book, he deals with one of the most popular openings of today, the Semi-Tarrasch Defence. Within the framework of 64 games, he surveys the whole opening, examining some deviations very profoundly, spicing them with not only variations but also with textual explanations.
This is an essential handbook for all those who want to gain an insight into the mysteries of this very interesting opening.
The present, second volume contains all the variations beginning with 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e3. It also includes an Index of Variations for both volumes!
Content: 007 (35) S. Mamedyarov - J. Pinter
008 (36) L. Alburt - M. Dlugy
026 (37) R. Huebner - L. Ftacnik
050 (38) L. Stein - N. Krogius
055 (39) P. Nikolic - S. Djuric
063 (40) A. Sokolov - A. Kharitonov
071 (41) J. Razuvaev - I. Farago
078 (42) J. Eising - I. Farago
085 (43) B. Jansson - J. Pinter
089 (44) A. Dreev - R. Kasimdzhanov
094 (45) M. Filip - J. Pinter
103 (46) M. Filip - I. Platonov
116 (47) S. Reshevsky - R. Fischer
120 (48) J. Nunn - D. Campora
133 (49) B. Damljanovic - E. Torre
139 (50) V. Anand - A. Karpov
143 (51) Z. Ribli - L. Kavalek
146 (52) G. Sigurjonsson - B. Halldorsson
151 (53) M. Paragua - V. Bologan
155 (54) T. Petrosian - Y. Balashov
158 (55) I. Bilek - R. Kholmov
162 (56) P. Dely - L. Kovacs
167 (57) V. Anand - D. Mac Farlane
168 (58) S. Neamttu - V. Korchnoi
177 (59) B. Ostenstad - M. Scekic
182 (60) A. Beliavsky - A. Karpov
189 (61) V. Salov - A. Beliavsky
195 (62) A. Kharlov - L. Nisipeanu
206 (63) Hiarcs X50 UCI - Loop 10.32f
208 (64) M. Tal - I. Chikovani
230 Symbols used
231 Index of variations |