Openings

Book review: Attacking Repertoire - Gufeld

[This review first appeared in Westward Ho!]

An Opening Repertoire for the Attacking Player by Edward Gufeld, trans. Ken Neat. Pub. Cadogan 1996. 160pp. Index of variations and of complete games. [[sterling]]? ISBN 1 85744 196 6

A good old-fashioned opening repertoire book, with thoroughly modern lines. I think this book would be very useful for a strongish player with an attacking bent who struggles to get the sort of position they like - you may recall Spielmann's lament that

The Ulvestad Variation of the Two Knights' Defence

From minkler@buffnet.net Sat May 4 03:51:23 1996

Subject: The Dreaded Fried Liver attack ....

[Impertinent editorial note: I think the Fried Liver Attack should refer to only the line 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Nxf7, but here my esteemed correspondent means the line with 4. Ng5 - Dr.Dave]

  In my quest at becoming a better player (USCF 1360) I was constantly faced with the Fried Liver attack as black. After losing

An introduction to the Sicilian Defence

[says] "Never go in against a Sicilian when *death* is on the line!"
-- from The Princess Bride (via Christine Malcom); WAV file listed at MovieSounds.

  I'll discuss here first some of the ideas behind the Open Sicilian. Chess magazines are full of quick White kills against the Sicilian. Why do players bother with it, then? Because the longer games where the attack founders and Black wins the endgame are too

The Closed Sicilian

UPDATE: 28 years later, I have converted this to a more readable format... 
[Event "ECC"]
[Site "Chicago, IL USA"]
[Date "1995.07.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Closed Sicilian"]
[Black "Chris Bellers"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B25"]
[Annotator "User"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1979.??.??"]

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