2006, 192 Seiten, kartoniert, englisch
The Scheveningen is a dynamic and flexible variation of Black's most popular defence to 1 e4, the Sicilian. It was a firm favourite of the chess legend Garry Kasparov, who utilized it with so much success in his world championship matches against Anatoly Karpov that his rival was forced to give up playing 1 e4!. Black's play in the Scheveningen is based around a solid and resilient pawn structure, a well-defended king and guaranteed counterplay against every White set-up.
Craig Pritchett takes a fresh look at this famous opening. In particular he focuses deeply on the 'modern Scheveningen' approach for Black, whilst also providing Black players with all they need to know against White's alternatives. The moves and ideas are introduced and care is taken to explain the reasoning behind them - something that is often neglected or taken for granted. As with previous works in the popular Everyman Chess Starting Out series, the reader is helped throughout with a plethora of notes, tips and warnings highlighting the vital characteristics of the Sicilian Scheveningen and of opening play in general.
