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Foreword

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First English edition, 2007 by Quality Chess Europe AB

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The tip of the iceberg

Dogmatic = Limited

Some more rigour would not be amiss ...

Applying what has been learnt

Challenging the heavyweights

Nobody is without sin

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been asseted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents

Act 1988.

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1. The blockaded passed pawn

Minority attack

n excellent example

Reality is always more complex than theory

II. Jupiter and its satellites: the f-ile versus the strong point on e4

Can you dance?

What are you telling me?

The thin (and subtle) line between prophylaxis and passivity

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Translated by Manuel Perez Carballo from

"Mentiras Arriesgadas en jedrez"

Edited by John Shaw

Typeset by Jacob Aagaard

Cover DeSign by Carole Dunlop ater an idea by Jacob Aagaard

Cover Photos by Ari Ziegler

Printed and bound in Estonia by Tallinna Raamatutrukikoja LLC

Neither so simple nor so dear

The empire strikes back

Exchanging queens (the relation between the opening and the endgame)

New ideas in the pipeline

ISBN - 91-976005-7-1

ISBN 13 - 978-91-976005-7-6

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Episode 1: The analysis of a model game as a source of inspiration

Episode II: First-hand impressions

Episode III: Preconceptions

Episode IV: he devastating influence of preconceptions

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Bibliography

Episode V: Building new paths 77

Episode I and last: Applying the ideas so far discussed to modern positions 79

he practical test

Secrets ofModern Chess Strategy; John Watson; Gambit 1998

Secrets ofPractical Chess; John Nunn; Gambit 1998

Laskers Manual ofChess; Emmanuel Lasker; Dover 2003

Moden Chess Stratey; Ludek Pachman; Pitman 1968

El Medio fuego en Ajedrez; Euwe and Kramer; Ediciones Limitadas Catalan 1984

My System; A. Nimzowitsch; David McKay Company 1947

The Prxis ofMy System; A. Nimzowitsch; Dover 1962

Tratado General de Ajedrez (4 Volumes); Roberto Grau; Editorial Sopena 1982

The Art of Sacrice in Chess; Rudolf Spielmann; Dover 1995

A Guide to Chess Endings; Max Euwe and David Hooper; Dover 1976

Grandmaster Preparation; Lev Polugaevsky; Pergamon 1981

Botvinniks Best Games (3 Volumes); Mikhail Botvinnik; Moravian Chess 2001

Ajedrez en la Cumbre; Tigran Petros ian; Ediciones Eseuve 1989

Smyslovs 125 Selected Games; Vasily Smyslov; Cadogan Books 1994

Endgame Stratey; Shereshevsky; Cadogan Chess 1994

Paul Keres: The Road to the Top; Paul Keres; Batsford 1996

Opening Preparation; Dvoretsky and Yusupov; Batsford 1994

The Application of Chess Theory; .. Geller; Pergamon Press 1984

Capablanca; Edward Winter; McFarland 1989

Long-term structural and positional advantages versus time

Applying the new concepts to opening theory

Time versus Material: positional pawn sacrifices in the opening

hanks Mr Dvoretsky: Prophylaxis and logic in the opening

I leave before I get kicked out

Is it possible to completely neutralize the opponent's initiative?

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Creating something new

Line 1: Playing a la Petrosian

Line 2: Other nuances of the move ig5

Line 3: Near the storm

Line 4: In the eye of the hurricane

White gets rid of the black knights

White only exchanges one enemy knight

Miscellany: Three stories

1. Evaluations change

2. Whatever happened to ... ?

3. A Chess Symphony

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I still remember how excited I felt as a child at the magic moment of opening any

chess book. What was shown there represented for me the key to gaining access to

the hidden secrets of the royal game: new positional concepts, interesting opening

systems, wonderful tactical blows, beautiful endgames. I eagerly devoured all the

treasures I could ind. I blindly believed in what the books said.

Then, when I got to the playing hall and tried to apply the knowledge thus acquired

to my own games, I usually found myself confronted with enormous diiculties: it

was not as easy as I had been led to believe.

At the beginning we only blame the deficiencies in our game on some vague flaw

of our own, when applying in practice what we learnt in theory. Given time, young

talents are expected to acquire greater ability and precision in this field, and therefore

improve their results. However, time itself turns from an ally into an enemy: in the

eyes of others, one is not making progress at the expected rate. People then talk about

the promising young player reaching the limit of his potential. These turn out to be

diicult years in no-man's land.

But life goes on and if one is really passionate about what one is doing, one keeps

playing and studying, with more or less intensity, the art of chess. Stages come and go:

the apprentice becomes a FIDE Master, then an International Master and eventually a

Grandmaster and surprisingly ... one discovers that one has been deceived all along.

It turns out that from that entire array of books that captivated us in our childhood,

only a few were really worthwhile, and even these were full of lies and mistakes. The

latter are caused by several reasons: the authors' lack of chess strength, scant ability

to pass on their knowledge, supericial analysis, etc. This can have a damaging and

enduring impact on our development as chess players.

The present book has as its goal, irst of all, to warn the reader about this aspect: if one

is not ready to confront the study of any material in a critical, deep and creative way,

to think and research for oneself, one is doomed to the most resounding failure.

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