Game 08 Oscar de Prado Rodriguez - Antonio Pazos Porta, Puentedeume 2013 (p. 24) Game 09 Tomasz Markowski - Grzegorz Gajewski, Chorzow ch-POL 2013 (p. 29) Game 10 Boris Grachev - Alexander Rakhmanov, Moscow 2007 (p.33) Game 11 Paul Keres - David Bronstein, Tbilisi ch-URS 1959 (p. 38) Game 12 Christian Bauer - Romain Edouard, Calvi 2011 (p. 44) Game 13 Jean-Pierre Le Roux - Yohan Benitah, Belfort ch-FRA 2010 (p. 50)
Chapter 3 - The London System versus the King’s Indian
Game 14 Renier Vazquez Igarza - José Candela Perez, Madrid 2010 (p. 61) Game 15 Eric Prié - Pierre Bailet, Pau ch-FRA 2012 (p. 65) Game 16 Gata Kamsky - Abdul Rahman Saleh Salem, Khanty-Mansiysk Wch blitz 2013 (p. 69) Game 17 Oscar de Prado Rodriguez - Antonio Pazos Porta, Linares 2010 (p. 72) Game 18 Arnaud Payen - Eric Hansen, Cappelle-la-Grande 2013 (p.76) Game 19 Alfonso Romero Holmes - Viktor Kortchnoi, León 1994 (p. 83) Game 20 Boris Grachev - Artyom Timofeev, Moscow 2008 (p. 87) Game 21 Gata Kamsky - Peter Svidler, Russia tt 2013 (p. 90) Game 22 Oscar de Prado Rodriguez - José Larrosa Vila, Arteixo 2007 (p. 93) Game 23 Robert Markus - Aleksandar Indjic, Serbia tt 2013 (p. 97) Game 24 Nguyen Thi Mai Hung - Tania Sachdev, Ho Chi Minh City 2012 (p. 101)
Chapter 4 - The London System versus the Queen’s Indian
Game 25 Gata Kamsky - Sergey Tiviakov, Montreal 2007 (p. 108) Game 26 Oscar de Prado Rodriguez - Pablo Fernandez Borrego, Gallego 2012 (p. 111) Game 27 Eric Prié - Sergio Garza Marco, Castell de Sant Ferran 2008 (p. 114) Game 28 Eric Prié - Anatoly Karpov, Ajaccio 2007 (p. 118) Game 29 Pavel Blatny - Josef Jurek, Czechoslovakia tt 1990/91 (p. 122) Game 30 Oscar de Prado Rodriguez - Marcial Garcia Carbo, Spain tt 2009 (p.125)
Chapter 5 - The London System versus the Benoni
Game 31 Oscar de Prado Rodriguez - Robert Patiño, Spain tt 2011 (p. 132) Game 32 Eric Prié - Inigo Argandona Rivero, San Sebastian 2011 (p. 136) Game 33 Eric Prié - Nicolas Tripoteau, Pau ch-FRA 2012 (p. 141)
Chapter 6 - The London System versus the Dutch
Game 34 Levon Aronian - Loek Van Wely, Wijk aan Zee 2014 (p. 148) Game 35 Carlos Garcia Palermo - Marco Corvi, Frascati 2005(p. 151) Game 36 Vladimir Georgiev - Francisco Vallejo Pons, Elgoibar 1998(p. 154) Game 37 Vlatko Kovacevic - Boris Dugandzic, Croatia tt 2011 (p. 158)
Chapter 7 - The London System versus the Slav
Game 38 Li Chao - Mariya Muzychuk, Gibraltar 2014 (p. 163) Game 39 Arkady Naiditsch - Sergey Movsesian, Croatia tt 2012 (p. 166) Game 40 Vassily Ivanchuk - Hikaru Nakamura, Medias 2011 (p. 169) Game 41 Ferenc Berkes - Miloje Ratkovic, Skopje 2012 (p. 172) Game 42 Sergey Karjakin - Vladimir Kramnik, Khanty-Mansiysk Candidates 2014 (p. 177)
Chapter 8 - The London System versus …d7-d5 without an early …e7-e6
Game 43 Luc Winants - Oleg Korneev, Warsaw 2005 (p. 183) Game 44 Nikola Sedlak - Oliver Mihok, Hungary tt 2011/12 (p. 186) Game 45 Oscar de Prado Rodriguez - Jorge Rodriguez Guillen, A Coruña 2013 (p. 189) Game 46 Magnus Carlsen - Radoslaw Wojtaszek, Reykjavik Ech-tt 2015 (p. 196) Game 47 Gata Kamsky - Sergey Karjakin, Wijk aan Zee 2009 (p. 201) Game 48 Luc Winants - Abdalsalam Albzour, Istanbul 2012 (p. 205) Game 49 Baadur Jobava - Boris Savchenko, Minsk 2014 (p. 207) Game 50 Baadur Jobava - Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Dubai 2014 (p. 210) Game 51 Richard Rapport - Emil Sutovsky, Tromsø 2014 (p. 214)
Chapter 9 - The London System versus …d7-d5 with an early …e7-e6
Game 52 Eric Prié - Dmitry Svetushkin, Chalons-en-Champagne 2009 (p. 221) Game 53 Alexander Grischuk - Hikaru Nakamura, Skopje 2015 (p. 227) Game 54 Gata Kamsky - Aleksey Goganov, Moscow 2016 (p. 236) Game 55 Magnus Carlsen - Evgeny Tomashevsky, Wijk aan Zee 2016 (p. 239) Game 56 Kiril Georgiev - Tonu Rauk, Puhajarve 2013 (p. 244) Game 57 Antoaneta Stefanova - Rafael Rodriguez Lopez, Mondariz 1999 (p. 247) Game 58 Christian Bauer - Michael Hammes, Belgium tt 2011/12 (p. 250) Game 59 Daniel Gonzalez Eiris - David Ramon Losada, Spain tt 2014 (p. 253)
Chapter 10 - The London System versus other defences
Game 60 Gata Kamsky - Murtas Kazhgaleev, Cappelle-la-Grande 2016 (p. 259) Game 61 Oscar de Prado Rodriguez - Pablo Garcia Castro, Spain 2012 (p. 262) Game 62 Oscar de Prado Rodriguez - Aleksa Strikovic, Spain tt 2014 (p. 265) Game 63 Nigel Short - Garry Kasparov, Skelleftea 1989 (p. 270) Game 64 Vladimir Kramnik - Magnus Carlsen, Moscow 2011 (p. 273)
Chapter 13 - The Pereyra Attack
Game 1 Manuel Pereyra Puebla Mario Anaya cr Argentina 1975(p. 316) Game 2 Manuel Pereyra Puebla Vladimir Zaitsev cr ICCF 1981 (p. 317) Game 3 Manuel Pereyra Puebla Oystein Sande cr XI World Championship Final 1984 (p.318) Game 4 Manuel Pereyra Puebla Fidel Albertoni cr 1979(p. 319) Game 5 Vlatko Kovacevic Thomas O’Donnell Toronto 1990 (p. 321) Game 6 Hermann Brameyer Wolfgang Dietze Strausberg ch-GDR 1971 (p. 323) Game 7 Alejandro Needleman Fabian Vega Buenos Aires 1996 (p. 324) Game 8 Josef Pribyl Jonathan Penrose Nice ol 1974 (p. 325)
Chapter 11 - Tactics and Strategy exercises Chapter 12 - Solutions to the exercises
For chess diagrams of each chapter's main lines and variations, go to:
Index of main variations
Table of Contents
Notes:
Index of games by game number, players, location/event and year (page number in book)
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Chapter 1 - Introduction and historical evolution
Game 01 James Mason - Alexander Wittek, Vienna 1882 (p. 11)
Game 02 Joseph Blackburne - Max Harmonist, Breslau 1889 (p. 13)
Game 03 José Raul Capablanca - Otto Tipal, London 1911 (p. 15)
Game 04 Alexander Alekhine - Max Euwe, London 1922 (p. 16)
Game 05 Manuel Pereyra Puebla - Juan Cassani, cr Argentina 1982 (p. 18)
Game 06 Garry Kasparov - Edvins Kengis, Riga ch-URS U20 1977 (p.19)
Game 07 Markus Bawart - Manfred Schumi, Austria Bundesliga 1998/99 (p.21)
Chapter 2 - The London System versus the Grünfeld
Game 08 Oscar de Prado Rodriguez - Antonio Pazos Porta, Puentedeume 2013 (p. 24)
Game 09 Tomasz Markowski - Grzegorz Gajewski, Chorzow ch-POL 2013 (p. 29)
Game 10 Boris Grachev - Alexander Rakhmanov, Moscow 2007 (p.33)
Game 11 Paul Keres - David Bronstein, Tbilisi ch-URS 1959 (p. 38)
Game 12 Christian Bauer - Romain Edouard, Calvi 2011 (p. 44)
Game 13 Jean-Pierre Le Roux - Yohan Benitah, Belfort ch-FRA 2010 (p. 50)
Chapter 3 - The London System versus the King’s Indian
Game 14 Renier Vazquez Igarza - José Candela Perez, Madrid 2010 (p. 61)
Game 15 Eric Prié - Pierre Bailet, Pau ch-FRA 2012 (p. 65)
Game 16 Gata Kamsky - Abdul Rahman Saleh Salem, Khanty-Mansiysk Wch blitz 2013 (p. 69)
Game 17 Oscar de Prado Rodriguez - Antonio Pazos Porta, Linares 2010 (p. 72)
Game 18 Arnaud Payen - Eric Hansen, Cappelle-la-Grande 2013 (p.76)
Game 19 Alfonso Romero Holmes - Viktor Kortchnoi, León 1994 (p. 83)
Game 20 Boris Grachev - Artyom Timofeev, Moscow 2008 (p. 87)
Game 21 Gata Kamsky - Peter Svidler, Russia tt 2013 (p. 90)
Game 22 Oscar de Prado Rodriguez - José Larrosa Vila, Arteixo 2007 (p. 93)
Game 23 Robert Markus - Aleksandar Indjic, Serbia tt 2013 (p. 97)
Game 24 Nguyen Thi Mai Hung - Tania Sachdev, Ho Chi Minh City 2012 (p. 101)
Chapter 4 - The London System versus the Queen’s Indian
Game 25 Gata Kamsky - Sergey Tiviakov, Montreal 2007 (p. 108)
Game 26 Oscar de Prado Rodriguez - Pablo Fernandez Borrego, Gallego 2012 (p. 111)
Game 27 Eric Prié - Sergio Garza Marco, Castell de Sant Ferran 2008 (p. 114)
Game 28 Eric Prié - Anatoly Karpov, Ajaccio 2007 (p. 118)
Game 29 Pavel Blatny - Josef Jurek, Czechoslovakia tt 1990/91 (p. 122)
Game 30 Oscar de Prado Rodriguez - Marcial Garcia Carbo, Spain tt 2009 (p.125)
Chapter 5 - The London System versus the Benoni
Game 31 Oscar de Prado Rodriguez - Robert Patiño, Spain tt 2011 (p. 132)
Game 32 Eric Prié - Inigo Argandona Rivero, San Sebastian 2011 (p. 136)
Game 33 Eric Prié - Nicolas Tripoteau, Pau ch-FRA 2012 (p. 141)
Chapter 6 - The London System versus the Dutch
Game 34 Levon Aronian - Loek Van Wely, Wijk aan Zee 2014 (p. 148)
Game 35 Carlos Garcia Palermo - Marco Corvi, Frascati 2005(p. 151)
Game 36 Vladimir Georgiev - Francisco Vallejo Pons, Elgoibar 1998(p. 154)
Game 37 Vlatko Kovacevic - Boris Dugandzic, Croatia tt 2011 (p. 158)
Chapter 7 - The London System versus the Slav
Game 38 Li Chao - Mariya Muzychuk, Gibraltar 2014 (p. 163)
Game 39 Arkady Naiditsch - Sergey Movsesian, Croatia tt 2012 (p. 166)
Game 40 Vassily Ivanchuk - Hikaru Nakamura, Medias 2011 (p. 169)
Game 41 Ferenc Berkes - Miloje Ratkovic, Skopje 2012 (p. 172)
Game 42 Sergey Karjakin - Vladimir Kramnik, Khanty-Mansiysk Candidates 2014 (p. 177)
Chapter 8 - The London System versus …d7-d5 without an early …e7-e6
Game 43 Luc Winants - Oleg Korneev, Warsaw 2005 (p. 183)
Game 44 Nikola Sedlak - Oliver Mihok, Hungary tt 2011/12 (p. 186)
Game 45 Oscar de Prado Rodriguez - Jorge Rodriguez Guillen, A Coruña 2013 (p. 189)
Game 46 Magnus Carlsen - Radoslaw Wojtaszek, Reykjavik Ech-tt 2015 (p. 196)
Game 47 Gata Kamsky - Sergey Karjakin, Wijk aan Zee 2009 (p. 201)
Game 48 Luc Winants - Abdalsalam Albzour, Istanbul 2012 (p. 205)
Game 49 Baadur Jobava - Boris Savchenko, Minsk 2014 (p. 207)
Game 50 Baadur Jobava - Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Dubai 2014 (p. 210)
Game 51 Richard Rapport - Emil Sutovsky, Tromsø 2014 (p. 214)
Chapter 9 - The London System versus …d7-d5 with an early …e7-e6
Game 52 Eric Prié - Dmitry Svetushkin, Chalons-en-Champagne 2009 (p. 221)
Game 53 Alexander Grischuk - Hikaru Nakamura, Skopje 2015 (p. 227)
Game 54 Gata Kamsky - Aleksey Goganov, Moscow 2016 (p. 236)
Game 55 Magnus Carlsen - Evgeny Tomashevsky, Wijk aan Zee 2016 (p. 239)
Game 56 Kiril Georgiev - Tonu Rauk, Puhajarve 2013 (p. 244)
Game 57 Antoaneta Stefanova - Rafael Rodriguez Lopez, Mondariz 1999 (p. 247)
Game 58 Christian Bauer - Michael Hammes, Belgium tt 2011/12 (p. 250)
Game 59 Daniel Gonzalez Eiris - David Ramon Losada, Spain tt 2014 (p. 253)
Chapter 10 - The London System versus other defences
Game 60 Gata Kamsky - Murtas Kazhgaleev, Cappelle-la-Grande 2016 (p. 259)
Game 61 Oscar de Prado Rodriguez - Pablo Garcia Castro, Spain 2012 (p. 262)
Game 62 Oscar de Prado Rodriguez - Aleksa Strikovic, Spain tt 2014 (p. 265)
Game 63 Nigel Short - Garry Kasparov, Skelleftea 1989 (p. 270)
Game 64 Vladimir Kramnik - Magnus Carlsen, Moscow 2011 (p. 273)
Chapter 13 - The Pereyra Attack
Game 1 Manuel Pereyra Puebla Mario Anaya cr Argentina 1975(p. 316)
Game 2 Manuel Pereyra Puebla Vladimir Zaitsev cr ICCF 1981 (p. 317)
Game 3 Manuel Pereyra Puebla Oystein Sande cr XI World Championship Final 1984 (p.318)
Game 4 Manuel Pereyra Puebla Fidel Albertoni cr 1979(p. 319)
Game 5 Vlatko Kovacevic Thomas O’Donnell Toronto 1990 (p. 321)
Game 6 Hermann Brameyer Wolfgang Dietze Strausberg ch-GDR 1971 (p. 323)
Game 7 Alejandro Needleman Fabian Vega Buenos Aires 1996 (p. 324)
Game 8 Josef Pribyl Jonathan Penrose Nice ol 1974 (p. 325)
Chapter 11 - Tactics and Strategy exercises
Chapter 12 - Solutions to the exercises