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March 11th, 2006

Amazon.com [Mar. 11th, 2006|02:04 am]
A curious review by garfield-cat from Braunschweig, Germany can be found at the Amazon website.

in English:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/190460031X
in German:
http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/190460031X

I would not say that I agree with all author's statements, but garfield-cat certainly knows what the King's Indian is. It is often interesting to read the Amazon reviews. There people tend to say what they really ("really-really") think.
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Clearing the square for a rook [Mar. 11th, 2006|08:43 pm]
Andreas Rupprecht writes:

"I played the game BEFORE your book was published and found 15...Kh8! (with the idea 16.b5 Nc7 17.Bc5 Rg8 - what you recommended at page 69) at the board :)

Ter Minassian Dimitri (2323) - Rupprecht Andreas (2379) [E94]
OL Bayern (Regensburg vs Pasing) (5.1), 15.01.2006
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 0-0 5.Nf3 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.0-0 Na6 8.Be3 Ng4 9.Bg5 Qe8 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.h3 f6 12.Bd2 Nh6 13.a3 c6 14.b4 Nf7 15.Be3 Kh8 16.b5 Nc7 17.b6 axb6 18.Na4 Be6 19.Bxb6 Na6 20.Nc5 Nxc5 21.Bxc5 Rg8 22.Rb1 Bc8 23.Qc1 Nd8 24.Bd6 Ne6 25.c5 Nf4 26.Bc4 Bxh3! 27.gxh3 Qc8 28.Rb3? [28.Ne1 Qxh3 29.Qe3 Qh6! =, Rupprecht] 28...Qxh3 29.Nh4? [The only chance was 29.Qxf4!! exf4 30.Ne5 Qxf1+ 31.Kxf1 fxe5 32.Bxg8 Kxg8 33.Rxb7, Rupprecht] 29...Qxh4 30.Qe3 Ra4! 31.Qg3 Qh5 -+ 32.Rxb7? Rxc4 0-1 "

MG: Bravo! I remember that I suggested 15...Kh8 (as GM Hernandez played against GM Piket) in similar line with 13.Rb1 instead of 13.a3.
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Short Reviews [Mar. 11th, 2006|11:37 pm]
At http://www.chessscotland.com/heraldcolumn/herald.htm
the following comment by IM Craig Pritchett can be found:

"18 February 2006
Three recently published books might sharpen up your repertoire with Black against 1 d4. If the grand style of Kasparov is for you, Understanding the King's Indian (£15.99, Gambit), by Mikhail Golubev, is a fine work that achieves the near impossible by condensing the essence of this combative, sprawling opening into a single book. Golubev is a great guide whether you play White or Black. His book cuts to the quick and is inspirational. (...)"

A short review in German language is available at:
http://www.kaniaverlag.de/htm/indisch.html#golubev

Review by John Elburg can be found at: http://chessbooks.nl/elburg96.html
["The Russian Grandmaster Mikhail Golubev from the Ukraine" - this is curious... So, what the poor Russian Grandmaster is doing in Ukraine? I must object. "The Russian-speaking" (Grandmaster), if one wishes...]
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