King’s Indian & Grünfeld: Fianchetto Lines (Chess Openings)

A detailed survey of one of White’s most popular opening systems"Useful for both White and Black, as for more than 300 pages, variations whizz past your ears. So pay attention - in one variation you may encounter a masterstroke, and in another, sudden disaster" - Bab Wilders, Nederlands DagbladBy calmly fianchettoing his king’s bishop in reply to the King’s Indian and Grünfeld, White seeks to draw the sting from these dynamic defences and exert positional pressure throughout the middlegame. By refusing to create a massive pawn-centre, he offers Black no target for counterplay.This book covers the theory of the fianchetto lines of the King’s Indian and Grünfeld in objective fashion, providing everything White needs to know to meet these two important openings while also equipping Black with various ways of combating White’s set-up. Some of the lines become very sharp, especially if Black makes an all-out attempt to generate counterplay and provokes White into hand-to-hand fighting. These lines in particular call for accurate, detailed analysis, and Janjgava provides this in abundance.Lasha Janjgava is a grandmaster from Georgia, and President of the Tbilisi Chess Federation. He has represented his country four times in chess olympiads, and has built up a formidable reputation as a very hard player to beat. This is his third chess book for Gambit."A very useful book for Correspondence / email players who recognise their database may contain millions of games but you still need to understand how a particular opening or defence should be played." - Michael Blake, IECG Newsletter"There are separate chapters on all the major systems, and the author has adopted an objective approach to the material, so that the book is equally valuable to players of both the Black and White pieces. ... an invaluable addition to my library, and is well worth the money." - Alan Sutton, En Passant"This book can be strongly recommended to Black players of the King's Indian and/or Grünfeld defenses. It can also be recommended for White 1 d4 players who are looking for new positional options in battling these dynamic defenses." - Mark Hoshor, Georgia Chess"a respectable and thorough survey of a complex opening and is a work which will be especially useful to those strong club players who play the Fianchetto or the King's Indian and Grünfeld." - IM Richard Palliser"Janjgava not only includes both systems; he also gives lines that arise from the English (A39). He provides an abundance of detailed and often original analysis for those looking to exert positional pressure in the face of Black's proposed dynamism. It's undeniably a must if you play this system." - Mark Donlan, Chess Horizons"[combines] in one volume what one would normally have to seek in two. This fat book ... is densely-packed with information and the suitability of the opening for White in CC cannot be denied." - SIM Tim Harding, Chess Mail Read more