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Killer Dutch
Grandmaster Simon Williams has played the Classical Dutch for over twenty years. It remains his favourite opening and has featured in some of his greatest individual results, including a win over World Championship finalist Boris Gelfand.
In this book, Williams examines the Classical Dutch in great depth. He also presents a complete repertoire for Black with the Dutch Defense, which is based on his own repertoire he has used successfully at grandmaster level for many years. As well as presenting the latest theory and revealing his new ideas in the key lines, Williams highlights the main tactical and strategic ideas for both sides and covers important issues such as move orders. Each chapter includes a series of tests at the end, so that readers are able to assess how well they have understood the main concepts. This books tells you everything you need to know about successfully playing the Classical Dutch.
In this book, Williams examines the Classical Dutch in great depth. He also presents a complete repertoire for Black with the Dutch Defense, which is based on his own repertoire he has used successfully at grandmaster level for many years. As well as presenting the latest theory and revealing his new ideas in the key lines, Williams highlights the main tactical and strategic ideas for both sides and covers important issues such as move orders. Each chapter includes a series of tests at the end, so that readers are able to assess how well they have understood the main concepts. This books tells you everything you need to know about successfully playing the Classical Dutch.
- GenresChess
468 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2013
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December 15, 2020
I've always struggled with blackside responses to d4 - playing through the Classical Dutch positions in this book introduces some really nice strategic and tactical ideals. Having it in your backpocket, even for casual play, definitely comes in handy!
February 24, 2015
This book was very thorough, and is probably the only book you need to confidently play the Classical Dutch. There are some minor flaws, but none that were major enough to lower the rating. I think that I really learned a lot from this book, and I hope to use the Classical Dutch in my next tournament.
Minor flaws basically consisted of some typographical errors. Perhaps Simon wrote some of these variations after he came home from the pub. Nevertheless, in all of these cases common sense was able to determine what the actual move was. He also failed to include a line in the 7...Qe8 variation that was given in Moskalenko's book. Furthermore, that line was a game Simon Williams himself played and lost. I would've liked to see if he had any new ideas on how to tackle this variation (i.e. 1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. Re1 Qg6 9. e4 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 fxe4 11. Rxe4 Nc6 12. Qe1).
I also had some issue with the approach towards the Lisitsyn Gambit. Simon Williams is known for being a maniac on the chessboard, and I was hoping for one of the crazy lines. Instead, he recommends a very safe and solid option. No flaws with the recommendation, but not in the typical style I'm used to seeing from Williams.
That aside, the book is filled with loads of theory and analysis as well as sections to test your knowledge after the chapter to help reinforce the key ideas and moves in certain critical positions. It is a "must have" for all Dutch enthusiasts.
Minor flaws basically consisted of some typographical errors. Perhaps Simon wrote some of these variations after he came home from the pub. Nevertheless, in all of these cases common sense was able to determine what the actual move was. He also failed to include a line in the 7...Qe8 variation that was given in Moskalenko's book. Furthermore, that line was a game Simon Williams himself played and lost. I would've liked to see if he had any new ideas on how to tackle this variation (i.e. 1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. Re1 Qg6 9. e4 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 fxe4 11. Rxe4 Nc6 12. Qe1).
I also had some issue with the approach towards the Lisitsyn Gambit. Simon Williams is known for being a maniac on the chessboard, and I was hoping for one of the crazy lines. Instead, he recommends a very safe and solid option. No flaws with the recommendation, but not in the typical style I'm used to seeing from Williams.
That aside, the book is filled with loads of theory and analysis as well as sections to test your knowledge after the chapter to help reinforce the key ideas and moves in certain critical positions. It is a "must have" for all Dutch enthusiasts.
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