King's Indian Defence: Mar Del Plata Variation,9780713487671

King's Indian Defence: Mar Del Plata Variation

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ISBN13: 9780713487671
ISBN10: 0713487674
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2003-06-30
Publisher(s): Batsford
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Summary

Yugoslav Grandmaster Svetozar Gligoric is firmly established as one of the great pioneers of the King's Indian strategy and tactics. The variation he introduced in a tournament at Mar del Plata, Argentina, fifty years ago, is characterized by fierce attacks by the opposing sides -- White on the queenside and Black on the castled king -- making for exciting games and many dashing Black wins.

Author Biography

Svetozar Gligoric is an acclaimed journalist and grandmaster. Once rated the strongest European chess player outside Russia, he is recognised as one of the great practitioners of the King's Indian Defence

Table of Contents

List of Illustrative Games
6(1)
A Historical Introduction 7(2)
Part One: The Development of Ideas that led to the Mar del Plata Variation 9(45)
The Birth of the Mar del Plata Variation
11(11)
A Short Review of the Ideas in the Period 1953-2002
22(2)
Variation 9 e1 d7 10 d3
24(11)
Variation 9 el d7 10 e3
35(19)
Part Two: Playable Lines after 9 el e8 54(106)
Variation 9 el e8 10 f4
55(3)
Variation 9 el e8 10 d3 f5 11 f4
58(4)
Variation 9 el e8 10 d3 f5 11 d2 f6
62(5)
Variation 9 e1 e8 10 d3 f5 11 d2 fxe4 12 xe4
67(24)
Variations after 9 el e8 10 e3 f5 11 f3
91(1)
Part Three:
Variation 9 el d7 10 f3 f5 11 g4
91(6)
Variation 9 d2
97(18)
Variation 9 d2
115(6)
Variation 9 g5
121(6)
Variation 9 b4---``Bayonet Attack''
127(33)
Index of Variations 160

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