Secrets of Opening Surprises brings you a wide variety of unusual opening ideas. They may seem outrageous at first sight, but have proven to be perfectly playable.

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.

Content:
008 1 Jeroen Bosch: The SOS Files

020 2 Dimitri Reinderman: Trompowsky: the Cinema Variation

027 3 Jeroen Bosch:Alekhine: Hector's Way

034 4 Alexander Finkel: The French à la Hector

041 5 Sebastian Siebrecht: Anti-Grünfeld with 5.h4

048 6 Nikita Vitiugov: English: Shirov's Pet Line

056 7 Adrian Mikhalchishin: Bayonet Attack in the Grünfeld

062 8 Willy Hendriks: Taking the Lion by its Throat

070 9 Jeroen Bosch: The Centre Game: A Romantic Weapon

077 10 Dimitri Reinderman: Check Like a Patzer in the Scandinavian

084 11 Dorian Rogozenco: King's Indian: A Dutch-KID ?

088 12 Alexander Finkel: Pirc for Endgame Lovers

095 13 Glenn Flear: The Bird's Defence According to Bird

105 14 Arthur Kogan: The Mouse Sleep Slav Gambit

113 15 Jeroen Bosch: Dutch: Preparing the Staunton Gambit

122 16 Igor Glek: Sicilian: the Intrepid 5...e5

133 17 Sipke Ernst: Moscow Variation: A German Speciality