Milos Pavlovic: Fighters Repertoire: The Modernized Colle - Zukertort Attack

Thinkers' Publishing, paperback, Englisch, ISBN: 978-94-9251-052-5, 204 Seiten, 2019.

The Colle-Zukertort is a deep independent opening in its own right, but is also very flexible. Transpositions to the Queen's Indian or Slav are often possible. The simplicity of placing the bishop on d3, a knight on e5 and following up with f4 and Rf3 with checkmating prospects is very tempting. Underneath it all though, it is way more than that simplified idea. It is filled with rich positional possibilities and nuances that one should be aware of. I have tried to show as many aspects as possible, pointing out exactly the relevant details and knowledge that are normally only accessible to strong positional players, such as Kramnik.

This opening is for fans of classical chess. I wanted to present chess in the "old" style, before players had access to engines to help them with their play and understanding. Before engines, players such as Colle and Zukertort created and innovated to such an extent that we still use their ideas today. I wanted to use this approach, to remind readers that this style of chess still exists.


INhalt:
PART I - Systems with ...d5
Chapter 1 - 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 e6 4.Bd3 c5 5.0-0 c4, 5 ... Nc6
Chapter 2 - 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 e6 4.Bd3 c5 5.0-0 Nbd7
Chapter 3 - 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf63.e3 e6 4.Bd3 c5 5.0-0 Bd6
Chapter 4 - 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 e6 4.Bd3 b6
Chapter 5 - 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 -#
Chapter 6 - 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 c5

PART II - Systems without ...d5
Chapter 7 - 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5
Chapter 8 - 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 b6
Chapter 9 - 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6
Chapter 10 - Rare first and second moves

Grandmaster Milos Pavlovic was born in Belgrade in 1964 and has won many chess tournaments worldwide including becoming Yugoslav Champion in 2002. A well-known theoretician, he has published many well-received chess books and numerous articles in a variety of chess magazines. This is his fourth book for 'Thinkers Publishing' and his first in the 'Positional Repertoire' series.

Further books from Milos Pavlovic: Unknown Weapons in the Gruenfeld, New weapons in the King's Indian, Reloaded weapons in the Benoni .

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