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Starting Out: King’s Indian Attack
Reviewed by
Rick Kennedy
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by John Emms
Everyman Chess, 2005
ISBN: 1857443942
224 pages,
softcover
figurine algebraic notation |
Dearest Santa, I played 13 different openings in 13 different games at
the Club– and lost 13 times. That’s naughty, not nice. Could you
please send me an Unbeatable Opening? - Perry
My Dear Perry, Ho! Ho! Ho! Santa thinks you’ve been reading too
much of “Kennedy
Kids”
[“Unbeatable Defense”]
! Here’s a tip: recently Rudolph has been very successful using
Grandmaster John Emms’ Starting Out: King’s Indian Attack in all
his reindeer games. - Santa
Dearest Santa, I was
hoping for something wacky from Myers Openings Bulletin or
Randspringer, not an opening characterized by the moves Nf3, g2-g3, Bg2,
0-0, d2-d3 and e4. Are you sure the KIA is right for me? -
Perry
PawnPusher
Dear Mr. PawnPusher, Openings innovator Hugh Myers has always
been a King’s Indian Attack maven. An improvement suggested early in Emms’
KIA book, for Nazarov – Yandemirov, Azov 1991, comes from a game by Rainer
Schlenker, Randspringer’s editor. Trust Santa on this one: 50
well-explained games, in the very effective style of Everyman Chess’
“Starting Out” series. - Santa Claus
Dear Santa, So the
opening can be played by club members and improving players, not just
Masters and Grandmasters? Against any defense? Sounds like too much theory.
- Mr. PawnPusher
Dear PawnPusher, GM Emms gives theory, but focuses on the main
ideas behind the opening. The book has diagrams, Tips (marked with a
light bulb), special Notes (clip board) and Warnings
(skull-and-crossbones). Emms has studied up, as his Bibliography shows.
The KIA has been great for staid old Donner, as well as for Blitzin.
Mrs. Claus plays it like an Expert and you can too. - Mr. S.
Claus, Esq.
Dear Mr. Claus, I’d hate
to give up 1.e4 – I’ve been studying the Jerome Gambit. - You
Know Who
PawnPusher, Play 1.Nf3 and go into a reversed King’s Indian, or
play 1.e4 hoping for an open game – if your opponent isn’t cooperative,
Starting Out: King’s Indian Attack has chapters on the KIA vs the French,
Sicilian, and Caro Kann. There’s even a chapter on facing the
Queen’s Indian and Dutch. The book is inexpensive, and I can
guarantee delivery by Christmas. Or would you prefer a chess set
made out of coal? - He Who Knows if You’ve Been Bad or Good
Dearest Santa, You’ve
convinced me! I’ll leave out plenty of cookies and milk. Travel
safely!
- Your Friend (I hope)
Perry
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