Magnus Carlsen's Norwegian Rat

De kjente forfatterne boltrer seg når de presenterer Carlsens utradisjonelle "Norwegian Rat" som også vennene Rapport og Nepomniachtchi har spilt med forbausende suksess. Lakdawala spiller også flere av de 41 hovedpartiene.

Hovedvarianten er altså noe slikt som 1 e4 g6 2 d4 Sf6 3 e5 Sh5! 4 Le2 d6!, med gjensidige sjanser. Sjakkspillet byr heldigvis stadig på gleder og overraskelser.

Forlagets egen omtale:

A fun & tricky ambush weapon for Black against 1.e4? In this book, the authors cover the exciting 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Nf6!? which players like Magnus Carlsen, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Richard Rapport, and other strong players have used with powerful effect to drag White players out of their comfort zones into Black's domain.

The authors are pulling games from many resources, including their own experiments with the opening to illustrate how it is possible to beat titled players right out of the opening by shocking White's system and beliefs.

Innhold:

003 Introduction: The Norwegian Rat: Magnus Carlsen's Ambush Weapon

007 Part 1: Everything is “Normal&rdquo

008 Chapter 1: The Un-Pirc Default Variation 3.Nc3

033 Chapter 2: The 5.Nxe4 Exchange Variation

046 Chapter 3: The Norwegian Winawer: 5.Bd3

067 Chapter 4: The Grünfeld Rat: 4.exd5

086 Part 2: The Hunt

087 Chapter 5: White plays 3.e5 but doesn’t capture on h5

142 Chapter 6: White captures on h5

196 Part 3: White wants to do his own thing

197 Chapter 7: 3.f3, 3.Bd3, and other minor lines

206 Quick Repertoire

207 Index of Complete Games