This series provides an ideal platform to study chess openings. By continually challenging the reader to answer probing questions throughout the book, the Move by Move format greatly encourages the learning and practising of vital skills just as much as the traditional assimilation of opening knowledge. Carefully selected questions and answers are designed to keep you actively involved and allow you to monitor your progress as you learn. This is an excellent way to study any chess opening and at the same time improve your general chess skills and knowledge.
In this book, International Master Cyrus Lakdawala invites you to join him in studying the Scandinavian Defence. In recent years this opening has become a very popular choice for club and tournament players. Lakdawala focuses on the modern lines with 3...Qd6 - an approach championed by grandmasters and Scandinavian experts such as Sergei Tiviakov. Lakdawala outlines a reliable repertoire for Black, examines the major positional and tactical ideas, answers all the key questions and tells you everything you need to know about playing the Scandinavian.
- Essential guidance and training in the Scandinavian
- Important ideas absorbed by continued practice
- Utilizes an ideal approach to chess study
Cyrus Lakdawala is an International Master, a former National Open and American Open Champion, and a six-time State Champion. He has been teaching chess for over 30 years, and coaches some of the top junior players in the US.
Move by Move provides a totally fresh approach to opening study, combining traditional opening knowledge with the development of opening skills.
Move by Move i s interactive. Instead of the age-old lecture-style approach, readers are encouraged to participate by answering a series of questions and exercises in each game.
Content:
003 About the Author
006 Series Foreword
007 Bibliography
009 Introduction
020 The Main Line without 6.Ne5
079 The 7.Nc4 Variation
120 The 7.Bf4 Variation
172 Shirov´s Variation
217 Fifth Move Alternatives
250 The Early ...c6 Move Order
265 The 5. ...g6 Scandinavian
293 White Refrains From a Early d4
331 White Avoids an Early Nc3
363 Odds and Ends
393 Index of Variations
399 Index of Games
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