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The highly acclaimed SOS series provides intermediate chess players with perfectly playable, easily digestible opening ideas: deviations from main line opening theory in a very early stage of the game (usually before move six). Anyone with a rudimentary knowledge of the chess opening will be able to apply these SOS-ideas in an actual game. There is no need to study large quantities of stuffy theory, but there is an almost immediate return on the investment of a limited amount of time. Readers of SOS will baffle their opponents, gain crucial time, and stand a good chance to get an advantage in the game.
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Tired of main lines? Shock your opponent with an SOS! Contents 1 Jeroen Bosch: The SOS Files 2 Ian Rogers: Refining Fischer's Plan 3 Alexander Beliavsky: Destroying the Benoni Wall 4 Maxim Notkin: When I was Young 5 Jeroen Bosch: Morozevich's Pet Line in the Albin 6 Michal Krasenkow: The Dutch in the English? 7 Dorian Rogozenko: Follow the Experts 8 Jeroen Bosch: Let's wait and see: 3...h6 in the French 9 Sergei Movsesian: Play like a Beginner 10 Dimitri Reinderman: The Haberditz Variation 11 Jeroen Bosch: Get the Edge on the Budapest 12 Igor Glek: Gambit Lines in the Glek Variation 13 Jeroen Bosch: Beating the Van Geet 14 Dorian Rogozenko: A Latvian Speciality vs the Dragon 15 Mihai Grünberg: It is Better Playing White 16 Glenn Flear: The Solid but Tricky Fianchetto Spanish 17 Jonathan Rowson: The Improved Nadanian
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SOS allows you to play the chess opening like a pro without spending nearly all your free time trying to memorize stuffy theory. An unprepared opponent will have great difficulties dealing with these cunning, ready-to-go early deviations from main stream openings (usually before move six). The ideas may look weird at first sight but have proven to be perfectly playable: they have all been played by Masters or Grandmasters.
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Secrets of Opening Surprises brings you a wide variety of unusual opening ideas. They may seem outrageous at first sight, but have proven to be perfectly playable. An SOS deviates very early from the regular lines in a mainstream opening, usually even before move six! That is why it is so easy to actually bring the variation on the board. You will baffle your opponent without having studied large quantities of stuffy theory. Contributing authors: Mikhail Gurevich, Alexander Beliavsky, David Navara, Oleg Chernikov, Adrian Mikhalchishin, Carlos Matamoros, Ian Rogers, Karel van der Weide, Jeroen Bosch, Dorian Rogozenko, Mark Bluvshtein, Glenn Flear, Oleg Romanishin
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Most chess players are fed a set of dogmatic rules about how the opening must be played. The result: stereotyped, unimaginative play. The opening surprises in this book land like bombshells in the apparent calm of standard openings and disorientate your opponents as they grapple with original problems. This book is a treasure-trove of unusual ideas at an early stage of the opening, yet running against the grain of conventional play. Each idea has quick-strike potential and is supported by enough concrete analysis to enable you to try it with confidence.
All major openings are covered. There are surprises for both White and Black, deeply researched and up-to-date. Each idea is assessed in terms of its soundness and its ability to surprise and shock. A thought-provoking introduction examines the underlying concepts of opening play and considers how the standard principles need to be modified in the light of the highly combative handling of the opening now favoured by the world's top players.
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Entertaining book of a combination of OPENING CHESS TRAPS and IRREGULAR OPENING MOVES.......2006-10-03
I really found this to be a FUN book to read. Like after 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a5! OPPS! I meant to move the Pawn to "a6". Your opponent will look at you and say, ah "touch move!". Then he thinks your are a real FISH and will relax thinking he has "gotcha!". Then you play your best and play well. This isn't really sound chess, but it is fun chess, and I wouldn't really do that. But what about 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.0-0 Bg4 6.h3 h5! - OPPS! I meant to put my Bishop on "h5" not the "Pawn", can I take it back? Your opponent will say "touch move!" and then falls for the trap by greed, 6 hxg4? hxg4 7 Nxe5? (he just cannot stop feeding his army!) Qh4 8 g3 and checkmate cannot be stopped. I like this book, but give it four stars intead of 5 because it might give a beginner some bad ideas to play weak moves to try to trick your opponent instead of playing sound moves. I would also therefore suggest getting a book on "sound" opening traps like "Winning Chess Traps, Tactics in the Opening". Also, "Winning Chess Traps" is old but still good. Do I recommend "101 Chess Opening Surprises" - I do if you are getting it for fun first and understand that you shouldn't really use some of the ideas in it, but get some fun reading them.
Puts the fun back into playing the openings.......2005-10-05
I remember back to when I first began playing chess, and the excitment that came from springing a big opening surprise on an (equally) inexperienced opponent. To me this book recaptures the experience, and boy does it deliver the promised bombshells!
Each surprise is graded for soundness and surprise value. An example at the extreme end of the Soundness scale would be surprise 16, the Spanish Bulgarian Defense. The shock move 3...a5 is assigned a Soundness ranking of 1, but can you imagine the effect on your opponent? As Burgess says, the move has never been clearly refuted.
An example of a more main-stream idea is Surprise 71 in the Queen's Gambit, 7 e4. Burgess reminds us that this old pawn sacrifice has been resurrected with some dangerous new ideas. The Soundness ranking is 4, a tribute to the quality of players adopting it with white, including Sokolov and Gelfand.
As with the other 101 titles, it is pleasant to be able to browse at random. Great book.
By the book ?.......2005-04-14
He's (or she's) playing chess by the book'is very often a disdainful remark. But every chessplayer, sooner or later, wants to increase his knowledge of chess. He won't be able to do it on his own. He will need help, help from '101 Chess Opening Surprises', say. This book is very userfriendly. It has only 128 pages but the most important openings are discussed. The notation uses co-ordinates (the easiest way it seems to me) Moreover, on every page are three diagrams to illustrate the moves that are discussed. A must!
Opening traps and curiosities.......2003-08-25
This book is intended for light entertainment, not for instruction. I cannot see how anyone could benefit from more than 20% of the lines in here, because they are from various openings and sometimes require very cooperative play from the opponent.
Basically I saw this book as a collection of more or less amusing opening traps. If I play an opening, I usually buy a specialized book on it, and those books usually include all the lines that you find in this book, and tons more.
I read this book through in half an hour, and found little reason to return to it later. But it is not badly written. If your local library has it, why not borrow it for a train trip.
A condensed version of larger books........2002-02-11
Not enough variety to make it a general opening book (Winning Chess Openings by Yasser Seirawan), nor a book specifically focused on one repertoire (The King's Indian Attack by Eric Schilling). The Openings discussed are somewhat in random order and therefore there is no real focus. Though a good book, very instructive and well written, I would not consider it a necessity for players. If you want to cram on a few popular themes then this book will fit your needs. All levels can read this book, but intermediate players (1200-1600) may utilize this book best.
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The Veresov is a surprisingly tricky system that, in the right hands, can be a powerful attacking weapon. White forgoes the normal queen's pawn opening ideas in favor of speedy development of the queenside pieces. One advantage of this underrated line is that players with the black pieces are less likely to be familiar with all the subtleties here than in a more mainstream opening.
In this book, Grandmaster Nigel Davies arms the reader with an all-in-one repertoire with the white pieces, with the Veresov being the central line. Davies delves into the secrets of the opening, explaining both the tactical and positional ideas, and highlighting the main plans for both sides.
*An aggressive opening repertoire for White
*Ideal for club and tournament players
*Full explanation of the latest theory
Customer Reviews:
A good book about the Veresov.......2005-09-06
Can one use the Veresov as one's regular chess opening? Of course. But I wouldn't recommend it, simply because I think it's useful to be more versatile, and to be prepared to play whatever opening you feel your opponent will have trouble with.
Nevertheless, it may be the Veresov itself that your opponent will be unprepared for. And you may want to have the Veresov in reserve, either as a surprise weapon or as a backup in case something goes wrong with your main opening during a tournament.
Once in a while, I use the Veresov as a surprise weapon. When I do, I start with 1 Nc3. If my opponent answers with 1...e5 or 1...c5, I'm ready to play a Vienna or a Closed Sicilian. But if I get 1...Nf6 or 1...d5, they get the Veresov.
Davies examines all the main lines in this opening. After 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nc3 d5 3 Bg5, Black's most frequent move is 3...Nbd7. But Black also has 3...c5 (maybe the best reply), 3...c6, 3...e6, 3...Bf5, 3...h6, 3...Nc6, and 3...g6. There is a chapter on what to do if Black does not reply to 1 d4 d5 2 Nc3 with 2...Nf6 and instead plays 2...e6 or 2...f5 or 2...c6. As well as a chapter on what to do if Black, after 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nc3, avoids 2...d5 and instead plays 2...c5, 2...d6, or 2...g6.
I used to play 4 f3 against 3...Nbd7, 3...c6, or 3...Bf5. But Davies has convinced me that 4 e3 is superior against all these moves and is good against 3...c5 as well. That's especially the case against 3...Nbd7, where the idea is to play f4 and then f5 (Black's Knight on d7 often prevents the Black Bishop from covering f5). Here is an example that Davies gives of 4 e3:
1 d4 Nf6 2 Nc3 d5 3 Bg5 Nbd7 4 e3 g6 5 f4 Bg7 6 Nf3 0-0 7 Bd3 b6 8 0-0 Bb7 9 f5 c5 10 fxg6 hxg6 11 Qe1 Ne4 12 Qh4 f6? 13 Nxe4 dxe4 14 Bc4+ winning the exchange for nothing.
I will also show a game that Davies gives in the 4 f3 line which began the same way as a game I played with White:
Both games started with 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nc3 d5 3 Bg5 Nbd7 4 f3 c5 5 e4 dxe4 6 d5 exf3 7 Nxf3. In my game, Black tried 7...Nb6 8 Bb5+ Bd7 9 Qe2 Qc7 10 0-0-0 Bxb5 11 Nxb5 (White is already winning) 11...Qd7 12 Ne5 Qd8 13 d6 Rc8 14 d7+ Nfxd7 15 Nxd7 Rc6 16 Nxf8 Black Resigns. In the game in this book, Black played 7...g6 8 Qd2 Bg7 9 0-0-0 0-0 10 Bh6 Re8 11 Bxg7 Kxg7 12 h4 h5 (or else White plays h5) 13 Qg5 a6 14 Bd3 b5 15 Ne2 Rh8 (overlooking the Knight fork White will have on e6) 16 Nf4 Rh6 17 Bxg6 Rxg6 18 Qxg6 Black Resigns.
I enjoyed reading this book, and I recommend it.
Hmmm ... should you play the Veresov?.......2005-05-23
The Veresov, by GM Nigel Davies
Firstly, you should know that I am a Life-Master who makes a living - primarily - by teaching chess. I also should apologize to the student who purchased this book for me over a year ago, with the only condition that I review it here.
Before I proceed with my book review, I want to tell you a story. Some well-known player and author came out with a book. Play the 'X-factor' attack. He really hyped this book pretty well, (a couple of the illustrative wins, that were very short and flashy - but also were really bad chess); within 5-10 years, dozens of club players all over the country were playing this opening. Never mind that you commit positional suicide with this opening, or that your end-game was very, very bad. No ... all that mattered was that you play this particular opening. (And the author of the aforementioned book makes a buck or two.) An IM even played this opening against me at a New York Open a few years back, the result was a clean win for yours truly - in fewer than 40 moves.
The moral of the story? Don't play an opening system if it is positionally unsound, or if your chances in an ending ... ANY endgame ... are very poor! "Tis better to play something solid and slowly climb that hill, than to play something shoddy, (aiming for a quick win); - and get killed!"
I am not a fan of this particular opening, {The Veresov's} very simply put; I have never really played these lines, (as White). They are simply not my cup of tea! Does this mean that this system is unsound? Certainly not!! A close scrutiny of the games inside reveals that is a solid line, tried even by the well-known, respected GM. (But only used sparingly or on occasion.)
The book is from "Everyman Chess." They certainly have a more than adequate staff ... editors, proof-readers, etc. They have a great deal of experience and know how to put out a good, high-quality chess book. (Neat design, good binding, well organized, and an average of two diagrams per page.)
GM Nigel Davies has certainly done his homework here. I have had this book for some time, I have 'Fritzed' dozens of the lines ... I have yet to discover one obvious or glaring error in analysis. (I cannot say this about most other chess books that I have reviewed!)
The author succinctly puts forth the main lines and his analysis. There is even a nice outline and a recommendation of the correct study plan in the introduction. Is this book perfect? Probably not, few chess books are. Do I recommend this one? The answer is a resounding, "Yes!" (But with a few conditions.)
1. I would not recommend this book to an extremely low-rated player ... or a near beginner, it would simply be too difficult for a player with limited experience to handle.
2. This would be a VERY good idea for a "one-opening" repertoire ... for a player in the 1400 - 2000 range. (Who does not mind QP openings.)
3. Postal players - who play either side of these lines - will definitely want to get this book.
4. Once more, we have far too much emphasis on memory, and not enough discussion of general formations and overall plans and strategies. (A failing common to MANY opening books.)
5. A player who is lazy or does not enjoy spending time studying the opening will probably not get much out of this book. In the end, they will wind up playing this opening in a tournament ... not knowing a key line, and get killed. (The tactics are enormous here!)
Overall, this is a pretty good book. It is definitely better than average, and if studied properly, the average tournament player will score quite a few wins with this opening. (I also advise having a back-up opening, like the Colle, ready. This is in case you get blown out of the water at a tournament by a certain line, and there is not enough time before the next round to analyze the new idea in depth, and try to fix the problem.) Recommended.
Book Description
Learn new ideas in the Sicilian Many players would like a "surprise" weapon wich is as sound and dynamic as the main lines. Llic provides the answer--the Sicilian with an early QB6.
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Essential System Administration,3rd Edition is the definitive guide for Unix system administration, covering all the fundamental and essential tasks required to run such divergent Unix systems as AIX, FreeBSD, HP-UX, Linux, Solaris, Tru64 and more. Essential System Administration provides a clear, concise, practical guide to the real-world issues that anyone responsible for a Unix system faces daily. The new edition of this indispensable reference has been fully updated for all the latest operating systems. Even more importantly, it has been extensively revised and expanded to consider the current system administrative topics that administrators need most. Essential System Administration,3rd Edition covers: DHCP, USB devices, the latest automation tools, SNMP and network management, LDAP, PAM, and recent security tools and techniques. Essential System Administration is comprehensive. But what has made this book the guide system administrators turn to over and over again is not just the sheer volume of valuable information it provides, but the clear, useful way the information is presented. It discusses the underlying higher-level concepts, but it also provides the details of the procedures needed to carry them out. It is not organized around the features of the Unix operating system, but around the various facets of a system administrator's job. It describes all the usual administrative tools that Unix provides, but it also shows how to use them intelligently and efficiently. Whether you use a standalone Unix system, routinely provide administrative support for a larger shared system, or just want an understanding of basic administrative functions, Essential System Administration is for you. This comprehensive and invaluable book combines the author's years of practical experience with technical expertise to help you manage Unix systems as productively and painlessly as possible.
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Great Overview.......2007-05-08
Used this book as a starter for Unix, already armed with basic knowledge and concepts this book helped me better understand the inner workings of UNIX.
Handy for the mixed-platform sysadmin.......2007-01-24
I spend most of my time administering linux systems, but also the occasional Solaris machine. Having this book is great for times like when I just can't remember the equivalent Solaris command for examining a print queue. It's not the kind of book you're going to read from cover to cover, and I may never look at 600 of its 1100+ pages, but I still consider it a required book on my shelf, and I refer to it a 2-3 times a month. The information in it is consistently clear and accurate.
I recently bought this as a gift for a college graduate who was embarking on a sysadmin career, and it was very well-received.
Good writer. Easy to understand........2006-11-17
Good writer. Easy to understand. Good examples. I also like the examples in Larry L. Smith's "Rosetta Stone Series for Programmers and Script-Writers" (3 books: Bash Shell, Korn Shell, and Perl). The examples in Randal K. Michael's "Mastering UNIX Shell Scripting" are also helpful for serious UNIX-LINUX users.
Worth the money.......2006-11-11
I'll keep this short and to the point, since the numerous other reviews already speak to what this book has to offer: It's not cheap, but it is worth every penny. The book provides a thorough overview on administrating unix/unix-like systems, and will help you become a better sysadmin, period.
An excellent reference for System Administrators.......2006-03-14
Power UNIX and Linux users will want to expand their skills. It's inevitable. Some will get frustrated and drop out and some will work their way through it.
For those who commit to make the transition from power user to system admin, then you will like this book. I don't believe this is the only book a system admin will read or need. But, this is the one you'll go back to over and over.
The author is a system admin herself. She's done the work and continues to do the work. She becomes a partner.
I found this book valuable. I like the publisher and I suggest you will like this book too.
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