{"product_id":"la-variante-de-los-cuatro-caballos-un-nuevo-repertorio-en-una-antigua-apertura-de-ajedrez","title":"The Four Knights Game: A New Repertoire in an Old Chess Opening","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Four Knights Game\u003c\/strong\u003e is one of the oldest chess openings and continues to be a popular choice among beginners and club players. \u003cbr \/\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003eIn recent years leading grandmasters such as Alexey Shirov and Emil Sutovsky have injected the Four Knights with numerous fresh ideas and changed its peaceful reputation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhite has quite a few ways to create tension and play for the attack. Russian International Master Andrey Obodchuk has written a repertoire book for white players based on the Spanish Four Knights variation (starting with 4.Bb5).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCovering a range of positional themes as well as sharp and amazing adventures, Obodchuk has created an easy-to-handle toolbox for amateur chess players of intermediate level, as well as a challenging exposition for stronger players.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• A complete opening repertoire in a popular chess opening\u003cbr \/\u003e• Create attacks from seemingly peaceful positions\u003cbr \/\u003e• Ideal for club and Internet chess players\u003cbr \/\u003e• Extra:\u003cem\u003e the Belgrade Gambit\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003ea treacherous sideline!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAndrey Obodchuk\u003c\/strong\u003e is an International Master from Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia. He writes for international chess publications and works as a coach. He was the IPCA (physically disabled) World Chess Champion in 2010 and prolonged this title in 2011.\u003cbr \/\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e\u003cem\u003eCarsten Hansen, ChessCafe:\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e\"Obodchuk presents a repertoire for White that is simple enough for avarage players to adopt, yet sufficiently challenging for use by stronger players.\"\u003cbr \/\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e\u003cem\u003eColin Lyne, British Chess Magazine:\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e\"Obodchuk's book is excellent for its coverage of the 4.. Nd4 (Rubinstein) Gambit, which runs to almost 90 pages. It is a favourite of Kramnik who beat Short with it at the London Chess Classic in 2011 (..) With many top class games and excellent analysis.\"\u003cbr \/\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e\u003cem\u003eGary Lane, Chess Moves Magazine:\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e\"It is rare to hear the Four Knights even dicussed which means you will have a big surprise against club players (..) Obodchuk does a good job of analysing the critical lines with an understandable bias for White.\"\u003cbr \/\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e\u003cem\u003eRick Kennedy, ChessVille:\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e\"Readers (..) will increasingly discover that Black needs to be well-prepared, understand a lot of chess strategy, and be alert to wrestle White's 'plus-equals' down to a simple 'equals'\"\u003cbr \/\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e\u003cem\u003eMax Euwe Centre, Amsterdam:\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e\"In this solid work the author presents the current state of affairs and concludes that there is quite some room for research.\"\u003cbr \/\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e\u003cem\u003eMartin Rieger, Europa Rochade Magazine:\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e\"An opening one does not see often and which has enough unexplored terrain to offer rich opportunities for researchers and adventurers.\"\u003cbr \/\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e\u003cem\u003eRichard Vedder, Schakers.info:\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e\"This is an excellent book for White players looking to include an easy to learn opening in their repertoire.\"\u003cbr \/\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e\u003cem\u003eElburg Chess Book Reviews:\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e\"Well covered in this book are various rare moves for black.\"\u003cbr \/\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e\u003cem\u003eMarshtower Chess Reviews:\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e\"One advantage of trying this old opening is that your opponent may not be familiar with the most accurate responses.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wydawnictwo New in Chess","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54170614268247,"sku":"9789056913724","price":82.01,"currency_code":"PLN","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0928\/7299\/9255\/files\/the-four-knights-game-a-new-repertoire-in-an-old-chess-opening-9789056913724.jpg?v=1785404362","url":"https:\/\/fabrykaszachow.myshopify.com\/sq\/products\/the-four-knights-game-a-new-repertoire-in-an-old-chess-opening-1","provider":"Sunrise Chess \u0026 Games","version":"1.0","type":"link"}