This Week at ChessCafe.com: Pawn Storm

To make sure you receive these e-mails in your Inbox (and not a junk folder), please add "info@chesscafe.com" to your address book or safe sender list. This week's coupon code is "quality10". See below for details... Sale ends Tuesday, August 17, 2010. Enjoy great savings on these select products and more: Dangerous Weapons: The French Ruy Lopez: A Guide for Black  Guide to the Tkachiev Ruy Lopez (DVD) The Flexible French  Moral Victories Dynamic White Openings  This Week at ChessCafe.com The Instructor In practice tactics are usually closely intertwined with strategy. Pawn Storm White's pawn storm in the Queen's Gambit Declined Exchange Variation. Ponzi Scheme A new book on the Ponziani opening turned up in my mailbox. Sam the Man IM Sam Shankland annotates four games from the 2010 U.S. Junior Championship. Step by Step Try and solve for mate in five. Deep Fritz 12 A powerful program for training. Endgame Virtuoso Anatoly Karpov Tibor Karolyi discusses the book he coauthored with Nick Aplin. Book Notes Grandmaster Repertoire is a new series of high quality chess books based on the main lines, written by strong grandmasters. The aim is to provide the reader with a complete repertoire at a level good enough for elite tournaments, and certainly also for the club championship. Grandmaster Repertoire provides a repertoire to last a lifetime. Lubomir Ftacnik is a renowned opening analyst with great experience and expertise in the Sicilian Defense. In this book he reveals his secrets to provide a complete repertoire for Black against 1.e4 with 1...c5. The meat of the repertoire is the Sicilian Najdorf - the perennial favourite of those who want to attack with Black. It is no coincidence that Fischer, Kasparov and Anand have all relied on the Najdorf. Naturally, White's less critical tries are also covered, such as the 2.c3, 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+, and the Closed Sicilian. Opening for White according to Anand, Vol. 13 is devoted mostly to the English Attack in the Najdorf Sicilian, that is the variation beginning with 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.f3. White's plan is simple and clear in the majority of cases: Qd2, g4, castling long and then a pawn-offensive on the kingside. Naturally, Black cannot be happy following this script and he tries to create counterplay in the centre and on the queenside. There are numerous variations in which he leaves his king in the centre, since castling short early may turn out to be even more dangerous.    We are pleased to offer ChessCafe.com customers the opportunity to save an extra ten percent off our already low price on the three-volume Build Up Your Chess series by Arthur Yusupov, a FIDE Trainers' Commission recommendation! Simply add the item to your shopping cart and, during the checkout process, enter the coupon code "quality10" (without the quotes) to receive an additional ten percent discount! This offer expires August 17, 2010 or while supplies last. Weekly Puzzle Quote of the Week Black to Move/Solution Below In the opening you should waste no time. Arthur Yusupov Build Up Your Chess, Volume 2 Reviews in Brief Deep Fritz 12 by ChessBase Deep Fritz 12 is the newest incarnation of the extremely popular Fritz franchise of chess engines from ChessBase. Deep Fritz 12 is designed for multiprocessor use, not to be confused with Fritz 12, which utilizes a single processor. Deep Fritz 12 is a powerful program that can be used for training in a variety of ways: by simply playing games, using the tutorials, or watching the free chess media that accompanies the purchase. The program is useful for players of all abilities; it acts as an opponent, an analysis partner, and chess coach. 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