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Attacking with 1d4 (Everyman Chess) by Angus Dunnington is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Attacking with 1d4 (Everyman Chess) about?

I think I should start first with the strengths of this book. First of all, there are some unifying principles here that most of the variations share in common: attacking and aggressive openings. There is no question that some of these variations are going to win you games, if you do the follow-up research. I'm especially keen on the Queen's Gambit Declined Exchange variation. I think this variation is very appealing to players seeking a simple way to pursue a positionally based initiative. Although I believe another book, The Queen's Gambit for the Attacking Player, recommended it as well. Looking at the variations I see that Dunnington does indeed have White play that way for the very reason I like it. By playing the exchange White can put his king's knight on e2, play e3 to back up the d4 pawn, play f3 to guard e4 and drop his dark squared bishop back to f2 (after pawn to f3 and after h6 kicks the bishop to h4) to bolster his kingside defense and his pawn structure. At the right time he may even be able to play e4. You see, the king's knight not only over-protects d4 it also can go to f4 in certain cases and it gets out of the way of the fpawn. That is why White can often do

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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
Angus Dunnington
Publisher
Everyman ; Distributed in North America by the Globe Pequot Press
Published
2001
Language
EN
ISBN
9781857442588
Category
nonfiction
Subjects
Home & Lifestyle, Lifestyle

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