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2020-05-23 18:45:54
International Master Maxim Chetverik has written an in-depth study of
one of the most popular choices by white in the Queen’s Indian Defense –
the main line with 4.g3, where white fianchettoes his bishop. This line
is often seen at top-level chess.
A key focus of this work is
an examination of new lines that have recently appeared in the arsenal
of grandmasters. The full range of continuations for both white and
black are covered in this textbook, including hybrids with the
Bogo-Indian Defense and certain Catalan, Dutch, Benoni and Hedgehog-type
set-ups, as well as key themes such as hanging pawns, the isolated
queen’s pawn, white’s four versus three ranks advantage, the closed
center with the pawn structure being c4-d5-e4 against c5(c7)-d6-e5 and
structures with semi-open files, making it an essential and
comprehensive guide for players on both sides of the board in this
variation.
Maxim makes this book particularly user-friendly by
his focus on learning the key ideas through practical games, as well as
his use of “land-mines”, transposition alerts and key tips.
This
book contains 181 full games in this line and several hundred fragments
with detailed and original commentary by the author focused throughout
on giving a balanced evaluation in what are complicated positions. Many
of these games feature the world’s greatest players, including world
champions Carlsen, Anand, Kramnik, Kasparov, Karpov, Spassky, Petrosian,
Tal, Smyslov, Botvinnik and Alekhine, and other top players including
Caruana, Shankland, Nakamura, So, Mamedyarov, Aronian, Grischuk,
Ivanchuk, Karjakin, Harikrishna, Adams, Shirov, Gelfand, Topalov,
Korchnoi and Timman.
Maxim himself has played over 100 official
games in this line, making him a leading expert in the Queen’s Indian
Defense in general and the 4.g3 line in particular. Four of his games
are in included in full in this volume, as well as a number of
fragments.
