Meeting 1d4 (Everyman Chess) [Paperback]

Jacob Aagaard (Author)

Book Description

Series: Everyman Chess | Publication Date: April 1, 2002

International Master Jacob Aagaard provides an all-in-one solution to the popular opening move 1 d4 and other White systems that do not involve 1 e4. Throughout this work, Aagaard delves into the strategies, ideas and tactics for Black, while also showing the possible traps and pitfalls.

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From the Back Cover

Are you tired of defending passive of difficult positions with Black? Fed up with having to learn many different defenses to all of White's attacks? Then this book is the answer to your problems! Jacob Aagaard and Esben Lund provide an all-in-one solution to the popular opening move 1 d4 and other White systems that do not involve 1 e4. The lines suggested are based around the Tarrasch Defense (1 d4 d5 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 c5). They are easy to learn and fun to play whilst also promising the black player dynamic counterplay. This book is especially useful for players who have neither the time nor inclination to learn reams of the latest opening theory. Throughout this work, the authors delve into the strategies, ideas and tactics for Black, while also showing the possible traps and pitfalls. (6 1/4 x 9 1/4, 178 pages, diagrams)

About the Author

Jacob Aagaard is a young International Master from Denmark who has carved out a deserved reputation as a diligent and outspoken chess author. His earlier opening manuals, such as Dutch Stonewall and Easy Guide to the Sveshnikov Sicilian, have been widely admired for the clarity of their approach.

Product Details

• Paperback: 178 pages
• Publisher: Everyman Chess; 1st edition (April 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1857442245
• ISBN-13: 978-1857442243
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.3 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,115,588 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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19 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A very good book, August 22, 2002

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Mauro Casadei (Berkeley, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Meeting 1d4 (Everyman Chess) (Paperback)

Aagard and Lund do a greatv job in teaching the Tarrasch defense.
This book features a good selection of games, as well, as good highlighting of typical strategic and tactical themes.
Anyone from C player to Master will benefit (I am a master).

Most important, you can really feel that the authors have played the defense, and they have personal opinion on the line (this should be the rule, but lately, many MI/GMs tend to write books also on opening they have little ideas of how to handle, and the resut is something close to a database dump with little useful pointers).

A good idea would be to purchase together Schiller's "A complete defense to d4", one of the best Schiller's books (since he doews play the Tarrasch as Black).

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A good Repertoire book, August 26, 2003

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Brad Ashlock (Melbourne, Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Meeting 1d4 (Everyman Chess) (Paperback)

A very active, easy to learn system agaisnt 1.d4 backed up with good theory and advice. Also, they go into very good systems against white's other first moves, except for 1. e4. I've noticed that most 1.d4 players don't bother with main line queens gambits but opt for simple systems like the "Old Man's Bad Habit", Hodgsone tromp, colle, etc. This books deals with all of those and a great section on the Reti. A good repertoire book.