Testbook of Opening Traps

Testbook of Opening TrapsIn this book, which is aimed at advanced amateurs and club players of a lower or medium level, the author (FIDE Master Gerd Treppner; 1956 2009) has compiled 120 instructive test tasks. They are presented in multiple choice with two or three suggested solutions. The detailed discussion of the tasks and their solutions follows in the book's second part. The chosen examples were selected partly from theoretical opening lines, partly from practical

with the authors paying special attention to the presentation of the inherent ideas and plans to ensure that the reader understands them properly instead of just playing moves learned by heart

I knew more

Part 1: Early Games

we are not talking about players making crude blunders

Radjabov and Mamedjarov

Useful for all chess players

just in time to cover the Pasadena 1983 United State Open

Their opponent goes slightly astray and suddenly hero has a tiny advantage

For Novice Player Rated (0-1000)

These new lines and ideas will give you the winning edge in your own games

providing more antidotes to all of the most commonly-played gambits after 1 d4 and suggests that there is nothing to fear after all

the best game from the preceding volume and the most important theoretical novelty from the preceding volume