Article Number
LOLAKBF
Basman's Folly: Embracing Chaos with 1.g4!?
321 pages, paperback, CarstenChess, 1. edition 2023
From the series »Opening Hacker Files«
Is the Grob/Basman a con artist's bogus-operandi, or is the line actually sound? The truthful answer is that the opening is a bit of both! And we can call 1 g4 a "good opening," the same way a mob member calls a hitman colleague "a stand-up guy." The engine already prefers Black's chances after 1.g4, so nobody can honestly claim it is White's optimal first move from an empirical standpoint. But is it refuted? The answer is "no," and what we nearly always get is a disorienting mess by the early middlegame.
In this volume, experienced authors Lakdawala & Hansen take the Basmanic plunge and examine some of International Master Michael Basman's most remarkable victories with 1.g4 or 1...g5, along with some of his less successful tries, as well as some games by other occasional adherents, like Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura.
This should not become a cornerstone of your repertoire, but you are guaranteed a bunch of fun and entertaining games.
In this volume, experienced authors Lakdawala & Hansen take the Basmanic plunge and examine some of International Master Michael Basman's most remarkable victories with 1.g4 or 1...g5, along with some of his less successful tries, as well as some games by other occasional adherents, like Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura.
This should not become a cornerstone of your repertoire, but you are guaranteed a bunch of fun and entertaining games.
| EAN | 9788793812574 |
|---|---|
| Weight | 480 g |
| Manufacturer | CarstenChess |
| Width | 15 cm |
| Height | 22.8 cm |
| Medium | Book |
| Year of Publication | 2023 |
| Author | Carsten HansenCyrus Lakdawala |
| Series | Opening Hacker Files |
| Language | English |
| Edition | 1 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-8793812574 |
| Pages | 321 |
| Binding | paperback |
003 Foreword by IM Gerard Welling
014 Introduction
024 Chapter 1: Basman's Scandinavian and Advanced French Defense
066 Chapter 2: Catalan Gambit Versions
091 Chapter 3: Early c2-c4 Variants
139 Chapter 4: Setups Involving d2-d3
167 Chapter 5: The Other Wing Gambit
177 Chapter 6: Grob/Basman Versus Sicilian
187 Chapter 7: Symmetrical English Style
195 Chapter 8: Reversed Benoni Setups
209 Chapter 9: Miscellaneous Setups
256 Chapter 10: Playing the Grob/Basman a Move Down!
312 Index of main games
314 Acknowledgments
014 Introduction
024 Chapter 1: Basman's Scandinavian and Advanced French Defense
066 Chapter 2: Catalan Gambit Versions
091 Chapter 3: Early c2-c4 Variants
139 Chapter 4: Setups Involving d2-d3
167 Chapter 5: The Other Wing Gambit
177 Chapter 6: Grob/Basman Versus Sicilian
187 Chapter 7: Symmetrical English Style
195 Chapter 8: Reversed Benoni Setups
209 Chapter 9: Miscellaneous Setups
256 Chapter 10: Playing the Grob/Basman a Move Down!
312 Index of main games
314 Acknowledgments
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