Ilya Smirin – King’s Indian Warfare – Soft Cover

Ilya Smirin – King’s Indian Warfare. Version soft cover (couverture souple). Pas vraiment un bouquin d’ouvertures classique : le GMI israélien nous cause ici de ses aventures est-indiennes à travers une cinquantaine de parties soigneusement commentées, ordonnées selon une thématique mi-classique (fou-roi et structure de pions), mi-personnelle (les chapitres “Knight Agility” et “Kamikaze Rooks” en font foi). Original et stimulant, un livre indispensable pour les pratiquants de la KID, recommandé pour qui voudrait s’y lancer, intéressant pour tous les autres.  King’s Indian Warfare is a practical guide to the most dynamic and ambitious defence against 1.d4. Learn to play the King’s Indian like a world-class attacker from a life-long expert. Inside Smirin annotates his best games in the King’s Indian, explaining his successes, including his mini-match of four games over a decade against former World Champion Vladimir Kramnik, which Smirin won 2½–1½. From sacrificial feasts to positional masterclasses, this book has it all.
Grandmaster Ilya Smirin is a three-time Israeli Champion, with a peak rating over 2700 and probably the most creative grandmaster of his generation.