Wedgehack: Knight on the Left: 1.Nc3

Autor: Keilhack, Harald
Verlag / Hersteller: Kania Verlag
Erscheinungsjahr: 2005
Sprache: Englisch
Buchumschlag: hardcover
Seiten: 383

The move 1.Nc3 is by no means just an "irregular" chess opening. In duels for the correspondence chess crown, a lively theoretical discussion on the left knight developed, and in the end the Dane Ekebjaerg only narrowly missed the world championship title with 1.Nc3.\r\nAfter a few rather sketchy previous works, this is the first comprehensive theory of 1.Nc3. The author meticulously goes through all the possibilities and explains the original structures that arise. In doing so, he repeatedly draws comparisons with position types from normal openings. Like no other work, this book conveys insights between the two worlds that are so misunderstood: the officially established and the "alternative" opening theory. Because 1.Nc3 - in contrast to 1.b4, for example - is located exactly at this interface. Thanks to comprehensive basic information, the book is even a textbook on opening play.\r\nEspecially in the discussions on move rearrangements and advantageous transitions, you learn a lot about the nature of the opening battle. Even those who do not necessarily want to play the left knight in the future can benefit. For example, the 1.e4 player is provided with powerful side variations against the Scandinavian (1.e4 d5 2.Nc3), Caro-Kann, French and the Alekhine Defense.\r\nThe author, FM Harald Keilhack, became known with his book on the Tarrasch Defense (1993), followed in 1995 by 1...Nc6 from all positions - the left knight concept with black. As editor, he edits all titles of the chess publisher Kania, in addition to discussing current literature in the magazine Schach and has a weekly chess column in the Stuttgarter Zeitung. 399 pages, hardback, 2003