Beating unusual chess openings: dealing with the english, reti, king's indian attack and other annoying systems, paperback/richard palliser

Description You may be happy with your main openings sorted with the Sicilian and content with the King s Indian but are you afraid of the unknown? Do you fall to pieces if your opponent plays something strange in the opening? Here s some good news.

Beating Unusual Chess Openings is a godsend to those chess players fed up with struggling against all opening moves other than White s main two: 1 e4 and 1 d4.

From the respectable (English Opening, Reti and King s Indian Attack) through to the offbeat (Nimzo-Larsen Attack, Bird s Opening) and the totally bizarre (Orang-utan, Grob); everything Black needs to know about facing unusual openings is covered within these pages.

Richard Palliser gets to grips with all of White s possibilities, examining their strengths and weaknesses and in turn organizing a reliable and practical repertoire for Black.

He discusses the key strategies, tactics and move-order tricks for both sides, arming the reader with enough know-how to face this assortment of chess openings with renewed confidence.

*Everything you need to know about facing unusual openings*Written by an openings expert*Ideal for improvers, and club and tournament players About the Author Richard Palliser is a young English International Master who is quickly carving out a reputation as a skilled and prolific chess writer.

His previous works for Everyman Chess include The Bb5 Sicilian and Tango!.