Chess Strategy

The new book by GM Christian Bauer, “Play the Scandinavian”, will cover the opening moves 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 and then 3…Qa5 in case of the most frequent 3.Nc3. The book is intended to provide solutions for both playing sides, but perhaps a tad more from the black point of view.

Available for pre-order on Amazon.com. The publisher is the respected house “Quality Chess”, and the book should be out of print on 1st September, 2010. Index bellow.

Brief Introduction by GM Christian Bauer

From Chapter 1 I will discuss the different possible deviations from the main theoretical path, for one side or the other, starting with the insipid 2.d3 or the dubious 2.d4, for instance (Chapter 1). More serious attempts of getting an opening edge for White will be examined throughout this work, in the later Chapters, such as 3.d4 or 3.Nf3, or else 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.Bc4.

Instead of the common …Bf5/…c6 system, I will also deal with lines including a quick …Nc6 and/or …Bg4. The last Chapter of the book will cover the current main line, 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Bf5 6.Bc4 c6 7.Bd2 e6 8.Nd5 Qd8 9.Nxf6+ gxf6.

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