Wojos weapons, volume 3 winning with white by dean ippolito, jonathan hilton publisher. Amateur to im is also a great book that i think is bit misunderstood. The author, a chess master of international renown, has the rare ability to clarify problems that hitherto seemed. What amateurs can learn from ulf anderssons positional masterpieces jurgen kaufeld, guido kern on. The opponents will make subtle, often to me imperceptible mistakes, and anderson will lock in on them, wearing away upon the weakness like a subtle corrosive. The introduction mentions that his play as black was swashbuckling, and im really curious. So i go immediately for the quibbles concerning volume 3. In the second volume, ippolito and hilton examine wojos handling. The last few weeks ive been working through wojos weapons winning with white and have enjoyed the three books a great deal. This ambitious repertoire project for white, which started with the 2009 release of the first volume of wojos weapons, is now complete. Dec 26, 2014 i like wojo s book, and often open with 1.
Apr 14, 2014 the kavalek system against the kings indian fianchetto variation e62 begins 1. Wojtkiewicz s strategies have been investigated in the online series how wojo won by chess master jonathan hilton. Quality chess blog vote for the chess publishing book of. Wojos weapons, volume 2 winning with white free ebook download as pdf file. Nf3 stuff, although i think wojo would play the kings indian if black wanted to go into it, whereas i really prefer going in to the english instead. Most club players and not only club players can go a lifetime without playing or facing the catalan, but the last two years have made that increasingly difficult. As most of you know, in the fall of 2014 chesscafe became a forfee website. Building on a foundation of triedandtested main lines, the author shares a wealth of his innovative analysis to chart a course towards an advantage for white. We are, as they say, still searching for bobby fischer, and there is today no better aid available for that endeavour than this comprehensive new volume. Over time you might supplement the entire repertoire. Chess is one of the oldest strategy games known to man. The grunfeld is one of the most topical openings in modern chess practice.
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Wojos weapons is arranged so that you can quickly get started winning the wojo. With weapons of chess, national master and highly acclaimed teacher bruce pandolfini brings us the most accessible and easytouse chess strategy book ever. I dont see how you can consider the wojo book is hyped up by american marketing. Most club players and not only club players can go a lifetime without playing or facing the catalan. Now, wojtkiewicz experts im dean ippolito and nm jonathan hilton have joined forces to produce the definitive howto manual for learning wojo s repertoire with white after 1. A to z chess tactics, george huczek, batsford, paperback, isbn. Hundreds of interactive chess ebooks from leading publishers. Over the course of 75 fully annotated games, the authors make wojtkiewiczs approach easily accessible to the chess public for the first time. The third and final volume devoted to aleksander wojtkiewiczs pragmatic, positionally based opening repertoire. The final, and eagerly awaited, volume of the series will complete the opening repertoire for white according to wojo. There is plenty of theory and important theoretical novelties in this book but at the end of the day most users will find the carefully and heavily annotated games to be its biggest strength.
Winning with white volume 1 by jonathan hilton and dean ippolito, it is written. Many positive things about the wojos weapons series have already been said elsewhere. Winning with white, volume 1 by jonathan hilton and dean ippolito. English the final, and eagerly awaited, volume of the series will complete the opening repertoire for white according to wojo. Most of the book deals with the fianchetto grunfeld, however the main weapon of choice is not wojtkiewiczs 11. No matter what openings they play, chessplayers at any skill level can use ippolito and hilton s fullgame coverage in wojo s weapons iii as a series of practical lessons in strategic chess. Winning with white volume 1 by jonathan hilton and dean ippolito, it is written wojos move order to reach any opening position almost always started with 1. Club players looking to master an efficient, safe, and practical white repertoire will benefit from this highly readable book. It seems were suffering from sequelitis here at the chess mind. In particular, i enjoyed their series wojos weapons which examines how aleksander wojtkiewicz was so incredibly efficient at beating club players and winning weekend tournaments in the us. We are pleased to offer excerpts from three of the most popular chess books available today. Wojo s weapons is arranged so that you can quickly get started winning the wojo way. The kavalek system against the kings indian fianchetto variation e62 begins 1.
Livros em pdfdjvu volume 06 professor clauber martins. Mar 16, 2010 the wojo s weapons series provides an offbeat and solid repertoire for white based on the catalan and other kingside fianchetto variations. Wojo had such a profound understanding of the openclosed catalan, queens gambit, semislav, grunfeld, kings indian defence, etc, that he knew exactly when. Winning with white, volume i, focusing on wojtkiewicz s opening play. But lets be honest and admit that the wojos weapon books are for very advanced players. New book out, titled wojos weapons, which looks interesting. This is the third and final volume devoted to aleksander wojtkiewiczs pragmatic, positionally based opening repertoire. Nf3 is the most intelligent choice since it avoids so much openings at the small price of allowing black to play the english. Far more than an opening monograph, wojos weapons 2 is a seminar in how to cash in on small advantages, which players of all strengths even those who dont play queens. In the first games in my database played by wojtkiewicz, back in the early 80s, he was a devout benoni playeran opening he surely picked up from his mentor, former world champion mikhail tal. What amateurs can learn from ulf anderssons positional masterpieces. The authors give full verbal explanations of each key idea, and brief recaps are provided at the end of annotated games. Chess stars publishing is a very high quality publisher of mostly opening books. The wojos weapons series provides an offbeat and solid repertoire for white based on the catalan and other kingside fianchetto variations.
Wojos weapons ebook by jonathan hilton rakuten kobo. International master dean ippolito, a 10time allamerica team member and winner of national championship tournaments, has more than twenty years. In this sixth and final installment of the series, we will see how wojo played the kings indian defense against 1. I must say that this book answered a lot of simple questions i had about pawn structure, weak squaresstrong squares, and general strategy that other books assumed i already knew. The blurb on the back of the book tells us, the authors claim to have found a sure route to an advantage against the grunfeld. The sixpart series began in december 2006 4 and continued until april 2008.
The kavalek system vs the kings indian fianchetto variation. George huczek is a canadian correspondence chess association senior candidate master and was on the canadian chess federation board of governors. New art of defence in chess, by andrew soltis, batsford 2014, paperback, figurine algebraic notation, 228pp. A fine book that would make an excellent christmas present for any chess player.
Nov 02, 2015 the chesscafe book of the year for 2014 was john nunn s chess course. Wojos weapons has plenty to offer chessplayers of all strengths if you think youre ready to start winning the wojo way, there is no longer anything stopping you. The late aleksander wojtkiewicz was one of the most feared players in the u. Wojos weapons has plenty to offer chessplayers of all strengths.
I know because i voted for a different book, soltis mikhail botvinnik. One simple attraction of using ebook apps is that they are all free, i. From this book, profusely illustrated with hundreds of diagrams, you can learn to play chess well within a short period of time, even if you do not know the first thing about it. Over the course of 75 fully annotated games, the authors make wojtkiewicz s approach easily accessible to the chess public for the first time. Besides the book avrukh, i like a lot, which another good book about catalan.
But let s be honest and admit that the wojo s weapon books are for very advanced players. It is this repertoire that is extensively examined in wojos weapons. Wojo had such a profound understanding of the openclosed catalan, queen s gambit, semislav, grunfeld, king s indian defence, etc, that he knew exactly when. Far more than an opening monograph, wojo s weapons 2 is a seminar in how to cash in on small advantages, which players of all strengths even those who dont play queen s. Grandmaster andy soltis is a popular chess life columnist, the chess correspondent for the new york post, and the author of numerous classics of chess literature, including pawn structure chess, the. Wojos weapons is arranged so that you can quickly get started winning the wojo way. I enjoyed their series wojos weapons which examines how aleksander wojtkiewicz was so incredibly efficient at beating club players and winning weekend tournaments in the us. Press tamburros openings for amateurs, wojos weapons, etc. A fulltime chess instructor since 1996 and howard sterns coach for five years, dan heisman has received numerous annual awards for best instruction from the chess journalists. Winning with white is recommended for players 2000 on up that are looking for a solid and reliable opening repertoire.
In particular, i enjoyed their series wojos weapons which examines how. When wojos opponents managed to get in c7c5 under favorable circumstances, he was usually not averse to simply shake hands and split the point. This ambitious repertoire project for white, which started with the 2009 release of the first volume of wojo s weapons, is now complete. The chesscafe book of the year for 2014 was john nunns chess course. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. But i am only onethird of the way through, at this point.
Shipov his book is based on the following chapters. The third and final volume of wojos weapons winning with white by im dean ippolito and nm jonathan hilton is out. May 05, 20 wojos weapons, volume 3 winning with white by jonathan hilton and dean ippolito mongoose press, 20 isbn. Wojo s move order to reach any opening position almost always started with 1. New book out, titled wojo s weapons, which looks interesting. Nf3 stuff, although i think wojo would play the king s indian if black wanted to go into it, whereas i really prefer going in to the english instead. Oct 28, 2017 a to z chess tactics, george huczek, batsford, paperback, isbn. Modern chess strategy by edward lasker, paperback barnes.
Jeremy silmans complete endgame course, itself a classic, is accompanied by his. One of wojts weapons in amassing this incredible repertoire was his skill at opening 1. Apr 30, 2008 in this sixth and final installment of the series, we will see how wojo played the kings indian defense against 1. A fulltime chess instructor since 1996 and howard sterns coach for five years, dan heisman has received numerous annual awards for best instruction from the chess journalists of america for his novice nook column on chess cafe. Has anyone taken a look, and if so, is it worth buying. For example, the wojos weapons series is high quality and highly accessible. I think its important to first develop a complete repertoire, then supplement it with chapters from avrukhs magnum opus as needed. Read everyones second chess book and start climbing up the ladder of chess success. After the ecf, guardian book and chesscafe of the year awards, it is now time for the biggest one of them all, the chesspublishing opening book of the year. You may also like kaufmans new repertoire for black and.
February 8th, 2011 jacob aagaard leave a comment go to comments. Building on the repertoire of the late gm aleksander wojtkiewicz, the authors reveal the fruits of a combined 35 years of grunfeld analysis in the first 200 pages. In the books wojos weapons, why was wojo occasionally known to. A repertoire with 1nc6 get the ebook at everyman chess has been my constant co. Wojtkiewiczs strategies have been investigated in the online series how wojo won by chess master jonathan hilton. In this third and final volume of the acclaimed wojos weapons series, im dean ippolito and nm jonathan hilton claim to have found a sure route to an advantage against this opening. Then, someone recommended pandolfini s weapons of chess to me. Every day at the candidates is groundhog day, and then its volume 2 on the hedgehog followed by more of wojos weapons. They are the chesscafe puzzle books 1 and 2 by german grandmaster karsten ma. Obviously it isnt a book for the expert, but for me it fit the bill perfectly. Developed in the 1960s by the czechborn american gm lubomir kavalek, the line offers a very flexible response to the positionally challenging white fianchetto. This book is your tool to building a worldclass repertoire and to achieving positional mastery.
Volume 1 of the series covers the ensuing battle after 1. The present work deals with the grunfeld fianchetto, maroczy bind, symmetrical english, dutch, old indian and 1. Chess is childs play is a book written by parents, for parents. Wojo s weapons has plenty to offer chessplayers of all strengths. Apr 16, 2011 the games in this book typically demonstrate anderson punishing the positional errors of lower rated players like ims and fms, although the book does have at least one game against karpov.
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