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Highlights
- The main part of the book is divided into exercises and solutions, with 110positions taken from double fianchetto games.
- Author(s): Hausrath
- 352 Pages
- Games, Chess
- Series Name: Double Fianchetto
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Book Synopsis
The main part of the book is divided into exercises and solutions, with 110positions taken from double fianchetto games. I have divided the exercises
into chapters, with each chapter featuring games by players who have deployed
the double fianchetto quite often. You will find a lot of typical motifs
used by these players.
In this part you will also detect a few examples of play by the legendary
German IM Podzielny, who died in the summer of 2019 at the legendary
chess age of 64. My heart urged me to write something about him, because
I knew him for a long time and he was a very special person.
The difficulty level ranges from very easy through to very tough, but I won't
give points for the solutions. The ideas vary from tactics to important strategic
subtleties. The reader decides how honestly he or she tries to solve
these exercises. It is also not necessary to solve all of them, but it is definitely important to think about these positions and take your time. The reader
should gain an impression of the many ideas and structures which are possible
in the double fianchetto positions.
Sometimes you will find the complete games in the solutions section, but
sometimes you will only fi nd the most important moves up to a certain
point, because the rest would be irrelevant to the topic. In some solutions
I also give the first moves, because I guess that it would be very interesting
to know which move order was played to reach the positions in question. GM Daniel Hausrath, October 2021
Review Quotes
Today chess theory is exploding and entire books are written on single variations. The idea of solving all of one's opening problems for both White and Black with just one volume seems to be too good to be true, but German Grandmaster Daniel Hausrath begs to differ. His first book Double- Fianchetto: The Modern Chess Lifestyle offers ideas on how to build a repertoire after the moves b2-b3, g2-g3, ...b7-b6 and ...g7-g6. Unlike most Thinkers Publishing efforts, which are arranged like standard opening book, Hausrath's work is arranged around 62 model games. This works well for the subject matter under discussion which is based more around ideas and strategies than long concrete variations.As White the repertoire typically begins with 1.Nf3 and 2.g3, meeting the King's Indian/Grunfeld with 3.b3, a variation Vladimir Kramnik started to play near the end of his career. The double fianchetto also works well against the Dutch, certain lines of the Queen's Gambit (the Tarrasch for example) and various variations in the Reti. It's also possible to transpose into some line Hausrath covers via 1.g3 or 1.c4.The heart of this book are Hausrath's insightful annotations, primarily prose, which cover all parts of the game (opening, middlegame and endgame). If you are interested in double fianchetto setups with either color, or if you only want to improve your positional understanding, Double- Fianchetto: The Modern Chess Lifestyle is the book for you. IM John Donaldson - USA September 2020.
Dimensions (Overall): 6.61 Inches (H) x 9.13 Inches (W) x .55 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.3 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 352
Genre: Games
Sub-Genre: Chess
Series Title: Double Fianchetto
Publisher: Thinkers Publishing
Format: Paperback
Author: Hausrath
Language: English
Street Date: February 1, 2022
TCIN: 1006245922
UPC: 9789464201345
Item Number (DPCI): 247-42-0031
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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Estimated ship weight: 1.3 pounds
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