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I bought this book for two reasons: Brontein's name and sections 2 and 3. Bronstein is famous for many unique characteristics: let the Champion, Botvinnik, escape with a draw; lost to Spassky by King Gambit in a Soviet Championship; a few year later beat Tal(!) in a KG (again) in a USSR team championship; meditating the first move as white for more than 30 min before making it! He is the first is to use the KID, QID, and Gruenfeld extensively in his games. Like Nimzowitsch, he never is afraid to test his innovation at the chessboard. He plays the KID equally brilliantly in both color. One thing that took a star from the book rating is he's NOT the author; the author uses him as a consultant and uses most games from Bronstein in the book. Now the second reason. This is the first time, I saw a book, that explains the use of EVERY PIECE at EVERY LOCATION during the opening, section 2. In reality, this is applicabale to most all openings. Just the order is important in each, and timing is the most crucial one. In section 3, the author 36 standard moves for black pieces, then 24 std moves for black pawns. After that, white's turn with 36 std moves for pieces, and 24 moves for
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- Author
- David Ionovich Bronstein
- Publisher
- Everyman Publishers ; Distributed in North America by the Globe Pequot Press
- Published
- 1999
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781857442656
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Home & Lifestyle, Lifestyle
- Rating
- 4.8 / 5 (10 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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