Attacking with 1 e4

by John Emms

Fed up with having to learn so much opening theory? Struggling to keep up with all the latest developments? Then this book may well be the answer to all your problems! Grandmaster John Emms offers a new arsenal of opening weapons with which to attack to your unaware opponents. Starting with the move 1 e4, the reader is armed with systems against all possible black defences. In each case learning ideas is more important than memorising long variations, so this repertoire should be ideal for players who don¿t have the luxury of being able to spend countless hours studying theory. Each line is easy to learn and play, but will they will still pose your opponent with difficult problems to solve over the board.

*All possible defences to 1 e4 are covered
*Written by a battle-hardened 1 e4 player
*Ideal for club and tournament players

Genres: Chess

169 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 2001

Reviews

[Nick Davies · Rating 5 out of 5]

The best chess book I have ever read - albeit one which only deals with a specific area of the game. I purchased this at a tournament in Portsmouth, and over the following weeks was able to study and incorporate what I had learned into my (admittedly club-level) game. The key benefits are that it is a well-written and well-researched book which enables the player (opening as white) to memorise and adapt through transposition a range of lesser-known alternatives to give themselves an advantage over their opponant. Even a decade later, I am still using what I learned from this book most days in online chess (despite having not actually looked at the book for five years!). The best few quid I ever spent on chess!

It's only a shame that the companion books ('1 d4' and the associated black responses) were much less influential, and hence disappointed.