Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
Grivas provides a full and detailed repertoire for White against five important openings: the Grünfeld, King's Indian, Benoni, Benko and Modern. In each case, he has recommended a line in which he has a wealth of experience, and has played a significant personal role in developing over many years. The recommendations are geared towards posing Black unconventional problems: your opponents will not be able to churn out lengthy memorized variations, but will need to solve problems at the board in positions that are somewhat different in character from those normally reached in these openings. Grivas has also chosen the repertoire so that it forms a seamless whole, and will fit alongside an English or Réti move-order, in addition to a standard 1 d4 repertoire.
Synopsis
Grivas provides a full and detailed repertoire for White
against five important openings: the Gr nfeld, King's Indian, Benoni,
Benko and Modern. In each case, he has recommended a line in which he has a
wealth of experience, and has played a significant personal role in developing
over many years. The recommendations are geared towards posing Black
unconventional problems: your opponents will not be able to churn out lengthy
memorized variations, but will need to solve problems at the board in positions
that are somewhat different in character from those normally reached in these
openings. Grivas has also chosen the repertoire so that it forms a seamless
whole, and will fit alongside an English or R ti move-order, in addition
to a standard 1 d4 repertoire.
About the Author
Grandmaster Efstratios Grivas lives in Athens and is also a Senior FIDE Trainer, International Arbiter and Organizer. He has represented his country on a great many occasions, winning an individual gold medal at the 1989 European Team Championship and an individual silver medal at the 1998 Olympiad. He is a federal trainer and an experienced writer.