We have just published a new book, called
Play 1.b3!,
written by Russian IM Ilya Odessky.The popularity of the Nimzo-Larsen Attack is largely
based on its surprise value, but 1.b3 is in fact one
of White's more logical first moves.
By immediatly developing his queen's bishop, White aims
at undermining Black's centre, and steers towards an
open battle, right from the start.
This is an up-to-date book about an offbeat opening with
sound and easy-to-learn positional ideas. Odessky writes
with a lot of passion and humour.
So our advice is:
Take your opponent out of his stride at move one, Play 1.b3!
We have just published a new book, called Play 1.b3!,
written by Russian IM Ilya Odessky.The popularity of the Nimzo-Larsen Attack is largely
based on its surprise value, but 1.b3 is in fact one
of White's more logical first moves.
By immediatly developing his queen's bishop, White aims
at undermining Black's centre, and steers towards an
open battle, right from the start.
This is an up-to-date book about an offbeat opening with
sound and easy-to-learn positional ideas. Odessky writes
with a lot of passion and humour.
So our advice is:
Take your opponent out of his stride at move one, Play 1.b3!
