von Jacob Aagaard / John Shaw
288 Seiten, kartoniert, 1.Auflage 2004, Englisch
The Sicilian Defence is the most popular opening at all levels of tournament play from Linares to the local club championship. The Sicilian is played regularly by Kasparov, Anand, Kramnik, Leko, Topalov, and Shirov - a.k.a. the best players in the world.
In this book a multinational line-up of leading experts give recommendations against their own pet lines in the Sicilian Defence. This repertoire book recommends the critical main lines and reveals Black's greatest fears to you.
Experts vs. the Sicilian is the no-nonsense opening repertoire for players of all strenghts who want to teach the Sicilian players a lesson or two...
These experts are:
GM Peter Heine Nielsen: A world-class player (Elo 2660) and regular training partner of World No. 2 Anand, writing about the Accelerated Dragon.
GM Peter Wells: Author of the finest opening book ever according to the respected reviewer IM Jeremy Silman, plotting against his own pet defence: the Classical Sicilian.
GM Thomas Luther: Twice German Champion and a silver medallist at the 2000 Chess Olympiad, writing about his lifelong passion for 6.Lg5 against the Najdorf.
GM Mikhail Golubev: A regular contributor to New In Chess Yearbook with articles on the Dragon variation, on which he has also written a book.
GM Sune Berg Hansen: Former Danish Champion and highly respected opening expert, attacking his own favourites: the Kan and Taimanov.
GM Viktor Gavrikov: Acclaimed theoretical expert writing about the Scheveningen variation, recommending the aggressive Keres Attack.
IM Alexander Raetsky: An experienced Russian theoretician who recently made his first GM norm. Raetsky shows us how to beat the Four Knights Variation, the line that is the cornerstone of his popular book Meeting 1.e4.
IM Jan Pinski: The Polish author of The Sicilian Kalashnikov targets his own main defence: the Sicilian Kalashnikov.
IM Jacob Aagaard: A strong Danish IM, covering the best lines against the popular Sveshnikov variation, on which he has written a book.
IM John Shaw: The Scottish IM shares his talent for deep opening preparation with the reader on several "minor" lines.
