SOS - Secrets of Opening Surprises 12 - Bosch

Secrets of Opening Surprises brings you a wide variety of unusual opening ideas. They may seem outrageous at first sight, but have proven to be perfectly playable. An SOS deviates very early from the regular lines in a mainstream opening, usually even before move six! That is why it is so easy to actually bring the variation on the board. You will baffle your opponent without having studied large quantities of stuffy theory. Readers of this series can ignore large areas of the ever expanding chess opening theory. They can concentrate on these surprising ideas, because SOS variations deviate very early from the regular lines in mainstream openings. Ideal for players who don't have enough time to keep abreast with main line theory. Please have a quick look at the SOS's in this issue

Contents
1 Jeroen Bosch - The SOS Files
2 Dimitri Reinderman - Trompowsky: the Cinema Variation
3 Jeroen Bosch - Alekhine: Hector's Way
4 Alexander Finkel - The French - la Hector
5 Sebastian Siebrecht - Anti-Grunfeld with 5.h4
6 Nikita Vitiugov - English: Shirov's Pet Line
7 Adrian Mikhalchishin - Bayonet Attack in the Grunfeld
8 Willy Hendriks - Taking the Lion by its Throat
9 Jeroen Bosch - The Center Game: A Romantic Weapon
10 Dimitri Reinderman - Check Like a Patzer in the Scandinavian
11 Dorian Rogozenco - King's Indian: A Dutch-KID?
12 Alexander Finkel - Pirc for Endgame Lovers
13 Glenn Flear - The Bird's Defense According to Bird
14 Arthur Kogan - The Mouse Sleep Slav Gambit
15 Jeroen Bosch - Dutch: Preparing the Staunton Gambit
16 Igor Glek - Sicilian: the Intrepid 5...e5
17 Sipke Ernst - Moscow Variation: A German Specialty

Specifications

• 144 Pages
• Paperback
• Publisher: New In Chess
• Published: August, 2010

Reviews

• "For anyone who wants off-beat but sound and energetic ideas to punch up their opening repertoire, SOS is a great tonic." Rick Kennedy, ChessVille
• "Full of delightful twists which I look forward to trying out myself in future games." Paul Motwani, The Scotsman
• "The variations can be exceedingly difficult if you are not prepared." Carsten Hansen, ChessCafe
• "The most entertaining of books about openings that I know of (...) I recommend SOS because it is so much fun, to be sure, but also for its practical utility." IM Watson, The Week In Chess
• "These suggestions are very attractive to club players." Joe Petrolito, Australian Chess