The Gruenfeld Defense [Paperback]

Leonid Shamkovich (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 191 pages
• Publisher: Hays Pub (November 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1880673150
• ISBN-13: 978-1880673157
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,400,137 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars An incomplete treatment of the Grunfeld, August 7, 1999

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Reviewer "Vlad" - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Gruenfeld Defense (Paperback)

I expected so much more of this book, specially because it was written by Shamkovich. But the fact is that it is only an incomplete summary, with the additional weakness that it does not provide deep strategic evaluations. Besides, the Bg5 line received a disappointing 2 pages coverage.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not so bad., November 16, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: The Gruenfeld Defense (Paperback)

This book is indeed not complete and God help you if it's your one and only source of information on Bg5 lines (I can imagine some poor guy's face when his opponent plays 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bg5 Ne4 6.cxd5 Nxg5 7.Nxg5 e6 8.Qa4+!? and he has to solve all black's problems over the board)--but if you are a Grunfeld fan looking for little-used, original ideas, you can find lots of them here that I've never even seen MENTIONED anywhere else. Just one example: 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bb5+ Nc6!?