Glenn Flear, Richard Palliser, Chris Ward: Dangerous weapons - The Queens Gambit

Everyman Chess, paperback, Englisch, ISBN: 978-1-85744-546-6, 192 Seiten, 2008.

Are you tired of playing the same old openings time and time again?

Fed up with constantly having to keep up with modern chess theory?

Or perhaps you simply wish to play something new and inspiring, but cannot decide between the numerous options available? Dont despair - help is on hand!

In Dangerous Weapons: The Queens Gambit, opening experts Richard Palliser, Glenn Flear and Chris Ward team up to investigate one of the most popular openings in chess history, but in a revolutionary way. They concentrate on little-explored and fun-to-play variations of the Queens Gambit, selecting a wealth of dangerous options for both colours. Whether playing White or Black, a study of this book will leave you confident and fully-armed, and your opponents running for cover!

Dangerous Weapons is an exciting series of opening books which supply the reader with an abundance of hard-hitting ideas to revitalize his or her opening repertoire. Many of the carefully chosen weapons are innovative, visually shocking, incredibly tricky, or have been unfairly discarded; they are guaranteed to throw even your most experienced opponent off balance.

Reviews:

"If you play 1. d4 and are perhaps searching for a new weapon against the 4...a6 Slav or Albin, if you already play the Slav as Black and are looking for second weapon without much more study ( think 5...Bg4 6. Ne5 Nbd7) or just looking for something completely new against 1. d4 ( non-theoretical QGA) then Dangerous Weapons: Queen's Gambit will be a very useful acquisition.", John Donaldson,

"You will certainly catch your opponents off guard with these dangerous weapons but I'd definitely hesitate before thinking about using them in important games. They will provide lots of fun games in blitz sessions though!", Marsh Towers.

"As with most of the Dangerous Weapons series, I can happily recommend this book on the grounds that you can avoid theory without sacrificing complex and fun play. Importantly, most if not all of suggestions are basically sound, so you can use them without risking serious disadvantage if your opponent plays precisely, although I can't guarantee that you won't suffer some discomfort in that rare case.", John Watson, TWIC.