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The Full English Opening: Mastering the Fundamentals
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About The Full English Opening: Mastering The Fundamentals
Product Description The Amazon UK #1 Bestseller! The English Opening (1.c4) is a popular choice at both club and master level, because it is a chess opening that suits all styles. As White, you can play aggressively or opt for a more modest strategic approach, depending on what kind of middlegame positions you are looking for. The opening will serve you well in any mood, against any type of opponent, in any tournament situation. For a club player who wants to reap the benefits of this multipurpose opening, understanding is much more important than deep theoretical knowledge. 'The Full English Opening' is the first one-volume book that covers all variations. Carsten Hansen dedicates special attention to the transition into the early middlegame. You will learn how to define specific plans, lay out a strategic goal, and find positional and tactical targets. Supported by examples and exercises, you will be able to enjoy the greatest asset of the English Opening: its versatility. Review "Currently, the best guide in the market for this particular opening. Hansen has clearly put in an amazing amount of work into this book and the outcome is a neatly structured and comprehensive overview of a strategically complex opening. While the book's main audience is probably players up to 2200, I think strong master-level players looking to pick up this opening will also find this book extremely useful." - International Master Kevin Goh Wei Ming "It fits right through the mailbox, this huge opening book.Carsten Hansen has already been writing for about twenty years about the English opening(1.c4) and that is what the reader also knows.Wow, what a job. The writer has done what I have liked for years: to take the comprehensive variation trees and bring it to a manageable overview, using more textual explanation to the evaluations.Because of this, to whom would I recommend this colossal work now? To those who already play the English Opening or has it part of a repertoire or who wants to jack up his or her his repertoire. And, of course, to those who has time to read it!" - Max Euwe Chess Centre Newsletter "Athorough grounding, where the subtleties of the move orders are carefullyweighed up, as are the various counters by Black. In the title, the term 'FullEnglish' can be considered as appropriate, as the author discusses just aboutall sensible variations that can arise from 1.c4, in those cases when playdoesn't transpose to queen's pawn openings. Many club players will appreciate thewidespread explanations concerning the aims, plans, and strategies involved."Grandmaster Glenn Flear, Yearbook " This first one-volume book on the English Opening is in my opinionmuch more than the cover of this book wants us to believe. Carsten Hansencertainly digs deeper than just the fundamentals and strategies of the move1.c4."Elburg Chess Reviews "Theidea behind this book it to teach the reader the underlying concepts which formthe backbone of the English. Having said that, it should be noted that thisdoesn't mean that the book is free from theory. It is not. In fact,there is quite a bit of theoretical knowledge contained within the volume. Notto be overlooked are the included exercises designed to help the reader to gainan understanding of the underlying themes. In solving them the reader is almostguaranteed to deepen their knowledge of the English. I recommend this book notonly to anyone who plays or is considering playing the English, but also toanyone who wants to better learn closed and semi-closed pawn structures.Chris Wainscott, On the Road to ChessMaster From the Author The English Opening has been "my opening" since I first took it up in 1982, inspired by the then two-time World Championship Challenger Viktor Korchnoi. Aside from having played the opening for the better part of nearly four decades, I have written three books on the opening. This book is not written for grandmasters or other super-strong players but rather th
