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U Cannot Be Serious! - by  Basman & Welling (Paperback) - 1 of 1

U Cannot Be Serious! - by Basman & Welling (Paperback)

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  • Co-author Michael Basman has been reputed to be an original and independent chess player and thinker for the whole of his chess career.
  • Author(s): Basman & Welling
  • 304 Pages
  • Games & Activities, Chess

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Co-author Michael Basman has been reputed to be an original and independent chess player and thinker for the whole of his chess career.

However, around 1978 he mobilized his creativity to develop new ways in chess strategy, based on a personal set of avant-garde opening systems such as the St.George (early b4.. of ..b5) and Grob (early g4.. or ..g5). Consistently employing his new ideas, a whole new system of chess playing gained recognition among his colleagues, and generated a cult following among chess amateurs. Around 1990 Mike took the next step by creating the Global opening and it's pincer movements from the flanks. This constituted the final stage in the ultra-hyper-modern school of flank-strategy that he started 12 years earlier.

Pressed by popular demand, Mike Basman has written several popular works on his ideas such as 'St. George's opening', 'The Killer Grob' and 'The Global opening' but these bestsellers have gone out of print a long time ago. So both authors felt it was about time to revive interest in the "Basmanic" school of chess. Mike has supplied most of the material, and co-author Gerard has accepted the task (as a former cult-follower in his younger days) to do a critical selection and examination of everything available. We hope that 2021, the year that Mike Basman turns 75, will see a revival of Basman's avant-garde ideas in chess among players of the new generations.



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Nu ligt er sinds vorige week een boek van Welling in de winkel met de intrigerende titel "U cannot be serious".
Uitgegeven door Thinkers Publishing uit België. Een prachtig initiatief van eigenaar Daniël Vanheirzeele, al in de jaren '80 lid van HMC en nu ook al weer jaren lang spelend in ons tweede team. Het boek is een eerbetoon aan Michael Basman, een maand na diens 75e verjaardag.


Wie is deze Michael Basman? Geboren in 1946 was hij in de jaren '60 een van de topjunioren van Engeland. Later gedeeld eerste in het Engels kampioenschap van 1973 en actief in toptoernooien zoals Hastings waar hij in de loop der jaren remise speelde tegen de wereldkampioenen Botvinnik en Tal en grootmeesters als Adorjan, Miles, Planinc en Ulf Andersson zelfs versloeg.

In de zomer van 1978 volgde een radicale breuk in zijn aanpak van de opening. Onder druk van de aanstormende Britse toptalenten Miles, Speelman, Nunn en anderen besloot hij alleen nog maar opstellingen met b2-b4 en g2-g4 met wit en ...b7-b5 en ...g7-g5 met zwart te spelen. En een tiental jaar later kwam de volgende stap: a2-a3 en h2-h3 of met zwart ...a7-a6 en ...h7-h6, wat Basman 'The Global Opening' noemt. Dat dieet houdt hij nu al meer dan 40 jaar vol.

In dit nieuwe boek schetst Welling een compleet beeld van de openingswereld van Michael J Basman.

Voor clubspelers die eens wat anders willen is het smullen geblazen. Bijna 300 bladzijden vol met zorgvuldig uitgekozen partijen en openingsfragmenten van één speler. Ik heb in mijn leven al duizenden openingsboeken gezien, maar deze is echt nergens mee te vergelijken. Of om in wielertermen te spreken: van de buitencategorie! Welling had dankzij de samenwerking met Basman zelf de beschikking over eindeloos veel partijmateriaal en in jarenlange arbeid is wat hij het kaf vindt gescheiden van het koren. Wat overbleef is een schatkist vol ideeën.

Rene Olthof - New In Chess YB Editor April 2021.


Dimensions (Overall): 9.2 Inches (H) x 6.6 Inches (W) x .8 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.25 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 304
Genre: Games & Activities
Sub-Genre: Chess
Publisher: Thinkers Publishing
Format: Paperback
Author: Basman & Welling
Language: English
Street Date: May 4, 2021
TCIN: 1014466017
UPC: 9789464201147
Item Number (DPCI): 247-47-1762
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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