A Vigorous Chess Opening Repertoire for Black: Tackling 1.e4 with ..1.e5
Ebook
Overview
In amateur chess games, the most popular opening move for White is 1.e4, and the most reliable reply for Black is 1..e5, says FIDE Master Or Cohen.
In this book, Cohen has created a vibrant and robust opening repertoire for Black after 1…e5, based on the Petroff Defence. Cohen presents inventive ways for Black to fight for the initiative in this dependable opening. He covers the entire spectrum, the main variations as well as the most unexpected and bizarre sidelines.
In case White does not allow the Petroff, Cohen offers a set of recommendations for Black that is no less important and principled; his repertoire against the Vienna and the King’s Gambit, for example, is new and explosive.
Most amateur White players faced with the Petroff will think that they will have an easy time, based on the peaceful reputation of this great opening among top grandmasters. Black players who have studied Or Cohen’s book will make their life quite miserable.
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An excellent new book. Cohen’s pragmatic suggestions should find a wide audience.
A quality publication with games by the elite: Kramnik, Anand, Topalov and so on. Topical and recommendable, pleasantly free from gimmicks and overstatements.
This repertoire is structured quite well and its theory will uphold against strong grandmasters as well! Impressive.
I am impressed by the writing of Or Cohen. He has taken on a controversial subject and produced a very interesting and thought-provoking book. I’m sure Frank James Marshall would approve!
Indeed, unlike Karpov in his infamous ‘Winning with the Petroff’ (where Black didn’t win a single illustrative game if memory serves correctly), plenty of pawn sacrifices and sharp lines are presented which might just change your mind.
- Title: A Vigorous Chess Opening Repertoire for Black: Tackling 1.e4 with ..1.e5
- Author: Or Cohen
- Publisher: New In Chess
- Print Publication Date: 2014
- Logos Release Date: 2023
- Pages: 260
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9789056915247, 9789056914394, 9056914391, 905691524X
- Resource ID: LLS:9789056915247
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2025-05-02T07:24:20Z