I don't have a problem with this book at all. Sure, you can find fault with the "Dangerous Weapons" format, which is a kind of knock-off of New In Chess's "SOS" series. But it's a natural response to the information age: with theory as bloated as it is today, comprehensive coverage of any major opening could take several volumes. So you find a trick or two--something you might actually get a chance to play on the board--and you go from there. Of course I would welcome any new "The Complete ______ " or "Winning with the ________" or "Beating the _______" volumes, but there's no reason to reject the "Dangerous Weapons" format out of hand.Being a Catalan fan, I mainly wanted a repertoire against the Slav, Semi-Slav, and . . .a6 Slav, and am finding the suggestions given here very interesting. What's not to like?
Author(s): Richard Palliser, Glenn Flear, Chris Ward
Series: Dangerous Weapons Series
Edition: 1st
Publisher: Everyman Chess
Year: 2008
Language: English
Pages: 242
DANGEROUS WEAPONS: The Queen's Gambit......Page 1
Title Page......Page 2
Copyright......Page 3
Contents......Page 4
Preface......Page 6
Series Introduction......Page 7
1 Playing ...b5 with Confidence (1 d4 d5 2 c4 d6 3 e4 b5)......Page 10
2 Having Fun Against the ...a6 Slav (1 d4 d5 2 c4 c6 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 Nc3 a6 5 c5 Nbd7 6 Bf4 Nh5 7 Bg5)......Page 32
3 Exciting Byways in the Main Line Slav: Part One (1 d5 d5 2 c4 c5 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 Nc3 dxc4 5 a4 Bf5 6 Ne5 e6 7 f3)......Page 46
4 Exciting Byways in the Main Line Slav: Part Two (1 d4 d5 2 c4 c6 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 Nc3 dxc4 5 a4 Bf5 6 Ne5 Nbd7 7 Nxc4)......Page 61
5 The a-pawn Cramp (1 d4 d5 2 c4 c6 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 Nc3 dxc4 5 a4 Bf5 6 e3 e6 7 a5)......Page 79
6 The Hodgson-Smallbone Variation (1 d4 d5 2 c4 c5 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 Nc3 dxc4 5 a4 Bg4 6 Ne5 Nbd7)......Page 96
7 The a-pawn Abstention (1 d4 d5 2 c4 c6 3 Nc3 Nf6 1Nf3 Nf6 4 Bg5 dxc4 6 e4 b5 7e5 h6 8 Bh4 g5 9 exf6 gxh4 10 Ne5 Qxf6 11 g3)......Page 116
8 Castling Long in Moscow (1 d4 d5 2 c4 c6 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 Nc3 e6 5 Bg5 h6 6 Bxf6 Qxf6 7 Qb3 dxc4 8 Qxc4 Nd7 9 0-0-0)......Page 136
9 Livening Up the Exchange Variation: Part One (1 d4 d5 2 c4 c6 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 cxd5 exd5 5 Bg5 Be7 6 e3 c6 7 Bd3 Bg4)......Page 153
10 Livening Up the Exchange Variation: Part Two (1 d4 d5 2 c4 c6 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 cxd5 exd5 5 Bg5 Bb4)......Page 165
11 Shocking the QGD (1 d4 d5 2 c4 c6 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 Nf3 Be7 5 g4)......Page 176
12 The Anti-Vienna Gambit (1 d4 d5 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 Nf3 dxc4 5 e4 Bb4 6 Bxc4)......Page 187
13 Tricking the Tarrasch (1 d4 d5 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 c5 4 cxd5 exd5 5 Nf3 Nc6 6 Bf4)......Page 208
14 Taking the Fun out of the Albin and Chigorin 1 d4 d5 2 c4 e5 3 dxe5 d4 4 a3 Nc6 5 e3)......Page 226
Back Cover......Page 242
