Grandmaster Repertoire 11 - Cómo superar las variantes secundarias de 1.d4, de Boris Avrukh (tapa dura)

This Grandmaster Repertoire 11 - Beating 1.d4 Sidelines by Boris Avrukh is a hardcover chess book in English for players building a practical Black repertoire against less common 1.d4 systems. It focuses on the sidelines that often appear in tournament play, including the Trompowsky, Veresov, London System, Colle and Blackmar-Diemer Gambit.

What the book covers

Many players know their main answer to 1.d4 and 2.c4, but over the board they also need a reliable way to meet offbeat systems that can take them out of preparation. Boris Avrukh shows how to handle a wide range of these lines after 1.d4 d5 and 1.d4 Nf6, building a repertoire based on active but credible play.

Where it matters, the book also looks at White’s responses after ...e6 and ...g6. That makes it useful for players of the Nimzo-Indian Defence, King’s Indian Defence and Grünfeld Defence, as well as anyone who wants to organise their preparation against a broader group of systems that avoid mainline theory.

Why choose it?

This is a book for readers who do not want to improvise from the first moves. Avrukh combines detailed analysis with clear explanations, so the book helps you understand the ideas behind the moves as well as the variations themselves. In practice, that means more focused opening preparation and a steadier approach when your opponent chooses a side line instead of the main road.

Boris Avrukh is the author of the Grandmaster Repertoire series, and this volume continues that practical, repertoire-based approach for Black against 1.d4 sidelines.

Edition details

• Author: Boris Avrukh
• Series: Grandmaster Repertoire
• Volume: 11
• Language: English
• Binding: hardcover
• Page count: 504
• Publication date: 9 November 2012
• ISBN: 978-1-907982-13-2

Key details

• Product type: hardcover chess book
• Opening focus: Black repertoire against 1.d4 sidelines
• Covered systems: Trompowsky, Veresov, London System, Colle and Blackmar-Diemer Gambit
• Series: Grandmaster Repertoire
• Volume: 11
• Language: English
• Binding: hardcover
• Page count: 504