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Grivas Opening Laboratory Volume 1 by Efstratios Grivas
The author presents a full opening repertory for the club player, which is analysed in six volumes. In the books you will find many novelties for both sides, with a full move-to-move presentation. Furthermore, the reader will get access to middlegame strategies, endgame techniques and common tactical motifs, which are patterning the proposed variations.
In the first volume the openings of the Slav Defence, the Gruenfeld Defence and the Blumenfeld Gambit are presented.
ISBN: 978-615-5793-19-6, Paperback, 288 pages, Chess Evolution
Grivas Opening Laboratory Volume 2 by Efstratios Grivas
Paperback, 280 pages, 2020 Chess Evolution Publishing
"The author presents a full opening repertory for the club player, which is analysed in six volumes. In the books you will find many novelties for both sides, with a full move-to-move presentation. Furthermore, the reader will get access to middlegame strategies, endgame techniques and common tactical motifs, which are patterning the proposed variations.
In the second volume the openings of the King's Indian Defence, the Dutch Defence and the Benko-Volga Gambit are presented."
Grivas Opening Laboratory Volume 3 by Efstratios Grivas
Paperback. 272 pages, Chess Evolution 2020
In the third book of the series we aredealing with how to face the ‘Queen’sIndian Defence’, a safe and strategicsystem which was extremely popular in the 80’s but is still played todayeven at the highest level.
The proposed system is based on theg3 Catalan structure, a system thathas served me well for approximately30 years, scoring a good 75% in a highnumber of games.
Well, this looks a bit too high, as thegeneral winrate of the variation is57.5%, when the expected rate is 51.5%to 52%, the natural average number ofWhite’s ‘superiority’.
My quite high score is purely based onstudy and understanding of the system, leading to many equal positionsbeing turned into full points!
Then we will move on to study how toface the ‘BogoIndian Defence’, another solid and strategic system, still seentoday in top-level chess.
My proposed system is based onthe move 4.bd2, a system that hasserved me well for approximately30 years, scoring a good 72% acrossa large number of games.
Well, this looks a bit too high, as thegenerally expected score of the variation is only 59.0% (much better than4.d2), against the expected Whiterate of 51.5% to 52%.
Grivas Opening Laboratory Volume 4 by Efstratios Grivas
The author presents a full opening repertory for the club player, which is analysed in six volumes. In the books you will find many novelties for both sides, with a full move-to-move presentation. Furthermore, the reader will get access to middlegame strategies, endgame techniques and common tactical motifs, which are patterning the proposed variations.
In the fourth volume the openings of the Queen's Gambit, the Ragozin Variation, the Vienna Variation, and the Lasker Variation are presented.
Paperback, 280 pages, Chess Evolution
Grivas Opening Laboratory Volume 5 by Efstratios Grivas
The author presents a full opening repertory for the club player, which is analysed in six volumes. In the books you will find many novelties for both sides, with a full move-to-move presentation. Furthermore, the reader will get access to middlegame strategies, endgame techniques and common tactical motifs, which are patterning the proposed variations.
In the fifth volume the openings of the Chigorin Defence, the Queen's Gambit Declined, the Tarrasch Defence, and the Semi-Tarrasch Defence are presented.
ISBN: 978-615-5793-26-4, Paperback, 280 pages, Chess Evolution
Grivas Opening Laboratory Volume 6 by Efstratios Grivas
The author presents a full opening repertory for the club player, which is analysed in six volumes. In the books you will find many novelties for both sides, with a full move-to-move presentation. Furthermore, the reader will get access to middlegame strategies, endgame techniques and common tactical motifs, which are patterning the proposed variations.
In this Sixth volume of the series we deal with how to face the Queen's Gambit Declined with a specific focus on the recently-revived Janowski Defence.
ISBN: 978-615-5793-28-8, Paperback, 280 pages, Chess Evolution 2021
Grivas Opening Laboratory Volume 7 by Efstratios Grivas
The author presents a full opening repertory for the club player, which is analyzed in seven volumes. In the books, you will find many novelties for both sides, with a full move-to-move presentation. Furthermore, the reader will get access to middlegame strategies, endgame techniques, and common tactical motifs, which are patterning the proposed variations.
A great deal for a player who just wants to open the book and get to a solid
level in the opening theory instead of spending hundreds of hours on the
opening studies.
In this seventh volume, the openings of the Benoni Defence, the Old Indian Defence, the Modern Defence, the Polish Defence and various Sidelines are presented.
Paperback, pages, Chess Evolution
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