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Revealing Modern Grandmaster Secrets Vol. 1 Nicholas Pert
Contents
1 Introduction
2 Opening Play
2.1 Looking for offbeat variations: Bortnyk vs Kosteniuk
2.2 Playing unconventional moves against suspicious lines: Ponomariov vs Kollars
2.3 A historical game: Carlsen vs Niemann
2.4 Put your opponent to the test: Pranesh vs Xu
2.5 A new idea to attack a vulnerable king in IQP positions: Giri vs Gukesh
2.6 Looking for offbeat variations: Aronian vs Carlsen
3 Attacking the castled King
3.1 Open files, Rook lift & exchange good defenders: Hawkins vs Pert
3.2 Keep the pieces on the board: Kramnik vs Anand
3.3 Don't let the King escape: Wei Yi vs Bruzon Batista
3.4 Involve as many pieces in the attack as possible: Pert vs Arkell
3.5 Look for sacrifices to open the King's position: Pert vs Ganguly
4 Attacking the King in the centre
4.1 Keep your pieces on the board & keep the initiative Part 1: Short vs Ponomariov
4.2 Keep your pieces on the board & keep the initiative Part 2: Short vs Ponomariov
4.3 Don't let the enemy King get to safety: Carlsen vs Pantsulaia
4.4 Ensure your opponent can't castle: Vallejo Pons vs Esipenko
4.5 Develop your pieces with threats: Pert vs Williams
5 Fighting for the Initiative
5.1 Develop your pieces quickly: Mitra vs Pert
5.2 Sacrifice for the initiative: Praggnanandhaa vs Berkes
5.3 Develop your pieces quickly: Pert vs D'Costa
5.4 A powerful exchange sacrifice: Radjabov vs Bortnyk
5.5 Sacrifice for the initiative: Aronian vs Navara
6 Attacking when both players have weak Kings
6.1 Don't be slow: Sindarov vs Nihal Sarin
6.2 Save your King at all cost: Firouzja vs Caruana
6.3 Keep the pressure up: Pert vs Crockart
7 Exercises
7.1 Caruana - Mitrabha
7.2 Svidler - Van Foreest
7.3 Gelfand - Berkes
7.4 Zypolskis - Price
7.5 Xiong - So
7.6 Buhmann - Shirov
7.7 Nakamura - Niemann
7.8 Grieve - Gormally
7.9 L'Ami - Warmerdam
7.10 Erigaisi - Azarov
7.11 Niemann - Nakamura
7.12 Royal - Koepke
7.13 Abasov - Caruana
7.14 Chow - Pert
7.15 Alekseenko - Grigoryan
8 Practice Positions
8.1 Opening play 1
8.2 Opening play 2
8.3 Attacking the castled King 1
8.4 Attacking the castled King 2
8.5 Attacking the King in the centre 1
8.6 Attacking the King in the centre 2
8.7 Fighting for the initiative 1
8.8 Fighting for the initiative 2
8.9 Attacking when both players have weak Kings 1
8.10 Attacking when both players have weak Kings 2
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Contents
1 Introduction
2 Opening Play
2.1 Looking for offbeat variations: Bortnyk vs Kosteniuk
2.2 Playing unconventional moves against suspicious lines: Ponomariov vs Kollars
2.3 A historical game: Carlsen vs Niemann
2.4 Put your opponent to the test: Pranesh vs Xu
2.5 A new idea to attack a vulnerable king in IQP positions: Giri vs Gukesh
2.6 Looking for offbeat variations: Aronian vs Carlsen
3 Attacking the castled King
3.1 Open files, Rook lift & exchange good defenders: Hawkins vs Pert
3.2 Keep the pieces on the board: Kramnik vs Anand
3.3 Don't let the King escape: Wei Yi vs Bruzon Batista
3.4 Involve as many pieces in the attack as possible: Pert vs Arkell
3.5 Look for sacrifices to open the King's position: Pert vs Ganguly
4 Attacking the King in the centre
4.1 Keep your pieces on the board & keep the initiative Part 1: Short vs Ponomariov
4.2 Keep your pieces on the board & keep the initiative Part 2: Short vs Ponomariov
4.3 Don't let the enemy King get to safety: Carlsen vs Pantsulaia
4.4 Ensure your opponent can't castle: Vallejo Pons vs Esipenko
4.5 Develop your pieces with threats: Pert vs Williams
5 Fighting for the Initiative
5.1 Develop your pieces quickly: Mitra vs Pert
5.2 Sacrifice for the initiative: Praggnanandhaa vs Berkes
5.3 Develop your pieces quickly: Pert vs D'Costa
5.4 A powerful exchange sacrifice: Radjabov vs Bortnyk
5.5 Sacrifice for the initiative: Aronian vs Navara
6 Attacking when both players have weak Kings
6.1 Don't be slow: Sindarov vs Nihal Sarin
6.2 Save your King at all cost: Firouzja vs Caruana
6.3 Keep the pressure up: Pert vs Crockart
7 Exercises
7.1 Caruana - Mitrabha
7.2 Svidler - Van Foreest
7.3 Gelfand - Berkes
7.4 Zypolskis - Price
7.5 Xiong - So
7.6 Buhmann - Shirov
7.7 Nakamura - Niemann
7.8 Grieve - Gormally
7.9 L'Ami - Warmerdam
7.10 Erigaisi - Azarov
7.11 Niemann - Nakamura
7.12 Royal - Koepke
7.13 Abasov - Caruana
7.14 Chow - Pert
7.15 Alekseenko - Grigoryan
8 Practice Positions
8.1 Opening play 1
8.2 Opening play 2
8.3 Attacking the castled King 1
8.4 Attacking the castled King 2
8.5 Attacking the King in the centre 1
8.6 Attacking the King in the centre 2
8.7 Fighting for the initiative 1
8.8 Fighting for the initiative 2
8.9 Attacking when both players have weak Kings 1
8.10 Attacking when both players have weak Kings 2
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