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Side-Stepping Mainline Theory : Cut down on Opening Study and Get a Middlegame You Are Familiar With by Steve Giddins and Gerard Welling (2019, Trade Paperback)

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Introducing a new and exciting chess book titled "Side-Stepping Mainline Theory: Cut Down on Opening Study and GETA Middlegame You Are Familiar with" by Steve Giddins and Gerard Welling. This trade paperback book, published by New in Chess Inc. in 2019, is a must-have for any chess enthusiast. With a length of 9.3 inches, a width of 6.7 inches, and a height of 0.7 inches, this book is a comprehensive guide to the game of chess. It includes 256 pages of in-depth analysis and strategies for the game. The book is written in English and is perfect for players of all skill levels. Get your hands on this amazing book and take your chess game to the next level!

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Product Identifiers

PublisherContinental Sales, Inc.

ISBN-109056918699

ISBN-139789056918699

eBay Product ID (ePID)9038406027

Product Key Features

Book TitleSide-Stepping Mainline Theory : Cut Down on Opening Study and Get a Middlegame You Are Familiar with

Number of Pages256 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2019

TopicChess, General

IllustratorYes

GenreSports & Recreation, Games & Activities

AuthorSteve Giddins, Gerard Welling

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight18 Oz

Item Length9.3 in

Item Width6.7 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition23

ReviewsWelling and Giddins constructed a solid repertoire that could service a club player for many years. The most important strategic ideas are being explained in detail, and there is no need to worry about confusing move orders. A fascinating book.

Dewey Decimal794.12

SynopsisThe average chess player spends too much time on studying opening theory, often focusing on lines that are popular among grandmasters. But amateurs shouldn't slavishly copy the choices of GMs. The main necessity for club players is to emerge from the opening with a reasonable position, from which you can simply play chess and pit your own tactical and positional understanding against that of your opponent. Gerard Welling and Steve Giddins recommend the Old Indian-Hanham Philidor set-up as a basis for both Black and White. They provide ideas and strategies that can be learned in the shortest possible time and require the bare minimum of maintenance and updating. Welling and Giddins deliver exactly what you need: rock-solid positions that you know how to handle. By adopting a similar set-up for both colours, with similar plans and techniques, you further reduce study time. With this compact and straightforward opening approach, club players will have more time to focus on what is really decisive in the vast majority of non-grandmaster games: tactics, positional understanding and endgame technique., The average chess player spends too much time on studying opening theory. In his day, World Champion Emanuel Lasker argued that improving amateurs should spend about 5% of their study time on openings. These days club players are probably closer to 80%, often focusing on opening lines that are popular among grandmasters. Club players shouldn't slavishly copy the choices of grandmasters. GMs need to squeeze every drop of advantage from the opening and therefore play highly complex lines that require large amounts of memorization. The main necessity for club players is to emerge from the opening with a reasonable position, from which you can simply play chess and pit your own tactical and positional understanding against that of your opponent. Gerard Welling and Steve Giddins recommend the Old Indian-Hanham Philidor set-up as a basis for both Black and White. They provide ideas and strategies that can be learned in the shortest possible time and require the bare minimum of maintenance and updating. They deliver exactly what you need: rock-solid positions that you know how to handle. By adopting a similar set-up for both colours, with similar plans and techniques, you further reduce study time. With this compact and straightforward opening approach, Welling and Giddins argue, club players will have more time to focus on what is really decisive in the vast majority of non-grandmaster games: tactics, positional understanding and endgame technique.

LC Classification NumberGV1449.5.W447 2019