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In many 1.d4 openings, Black has trouble getting his bishop on c8 into play. Former Russian Chess Champion Alexey Bezgodov presents a radical solution to this nagging problem; liberate your bishop right away and put it on f5 on the second move!
Play 2... Bf5! against either 2.c4 or 2. Nf3 will surprise your opponent and is also a great way to support your development, because the bishop takes control of the important square e4. If White does not...
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Alexey Bezgodov presents an unusual idea for White against the ever popular Caro-Kann Defence. The Russian Grandmaster and chess opening expert advocates a very early deviation, the annoying and little explored 3.f3!?
This move may look unimpressive at first sight, but it considerably complicates life for Caro-Kann players, as it makes Black's main problem bigger: the development of his bishop on c8. Small wonder that an increasing number of strong...
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Alexey Bezgodov provides a complete chess-opening repertoire for Black against 1.d4. After replying with 1... d5, the former Russian Chess Champion advises you to take up the Double Queen's Gambit and play 2... c5! against both 2. c4 and 2. Nf3.
In The Double Queen's Gambit Black's attitude is, as active and ambitious as that of White in the Queen's Gambit. This ambition may seem premature at first sight, but many strong grandmasters have already...
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Former Russian Champion Alexei Bezgodov explains for a wide range of players how they can employ the skills of former World Champion Tigran Petrosian to deal with adversity in their own games.
The aim of this book is to help amateur players to improve the standard of their defensive play. In many training programs a serious analysis of the art of defense is missing. That is why most club players are much better at attacking than at coping with difficult...
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The Tarrasch Defence is one of the most ambitious ways to play against 1.d4. Black immediately fights for the centre, gets a lot of space and develops his pieces without many problems. Great fighters like Boris Spassky, Paul Keres and Garry Kasparov have played the Tarrasch Defence.
Former Russian Champion Alexey Bezgodov has more than 30 years of experience with the Tarrasch and is one of the world's greatest experts. The Art of the Tarrasch Defence...
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