The Scandinavian - A Complete Chess Opening Repertoire Against 1.e4 (Ebook)

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"The Scandinavian - A Complete Chess Opening Repertoire Against 1.e4" is a chess ebook targeting beginners up to masters.

The Scandinavian Defense is favored by a large number of grandmasters and has often been employed as a surprise weapon by a number of high-class players. Indian Grandmaster and World Champion Viswanathan Anand used it against Garry Kasparov in their 1995 PCA World Championship match. Anand managed to equalize out of the opening, but he faltered later on.

Perhaps the greatest exponent of the Scandinavian was Australian Grandmaster Ian Rogers, who used it to rock the chess world in the 1980s. Danish Grandmaster Bent Larsen also made many significant contributions to this opening.

Quote: The Scandinavian Defense is "very good for converting into a win against slightly weaker players, holding for a draw against stronger players, and often picking off pawns and winning against stronger players as well" - International Master Joshua Waitzkin

Features of the Scandinavian Defense Ebook

All the analysis in this ebook has been computer-checked by the computer chess world champion Rybka.
A complete repertoire against 1.e4 is provided, with two major suggestions given to deal with the main line.
This ebook recommends the traditional main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5.
The repertoire is easy to learn and is focuses on ideas and plans rather than variations, although plenty of analysis is given so that the repertoire is as accurate and detailed as possible.
Heavily annotated to guide new players to the flavor of the opening.
Explanations are given to why particular moves are inferior.
The ebook has been 'back-solved' (i.e. there's an overall assessment on every single position).
8 openings books have been studied to prepare this ebook, including 3 specialist Scandinavian books by International Masters and higher (these books are listed below).
There are 3,824 unique positions in this ebook.

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Bibliography

Books
Attacking with 1 e4, John Emms (Everyman 2001, reprinted 2003)
Nunn's Chess Openings, Nunn, Burgess, Emms & Gallagher (Everyman/Gambit 1999)
Opening for White according to Anand 1.e4, Volume 3, Alexander Khalifman (Chess Stars 2004)
Starting Out: 1 e4: A Reliable Repertoire for the Improving Player, Neil McDonald (Everyman 2006)
The Chess Advantage in Black and White: Opening Moves of the Grandmasters, Larry Kaufman (Random House Puzzles & Games 2004)
The Essential Center Counter: A Practical Guide for Black, Andrew Martin (Thinkers' Press 2004)
The Scandinavian (2nd Edition), John Emms (Everyman 2004, reprinted 2006)
The Scandinavian Defence, James Plaskett (Batsford 2005)

Periodicals
ChessPublishing.com

Bonus Files

I have added a number of additional files to the Scandinavian Defense Ebook.

Summary of the Scandinavian Defense in CBV format
Summary of the Caro-Kann Defense in CBV format
Video introductions to the Scandinavian Defense and the Caro-Kann in WMV format

WMV requires a compatible media player such as Windows Media Player or GOM Player. CBV requires a compatible chess reader. Free options include ChessBase Light (recommended) and Fritz 5.32.

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The cost of the ebook is $19.

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File Format: ZIP file

File sizes (three separate files): Ebook (166 KB), bonus chess files (13 KB), bonus video files (37,229 KB)

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Accessing the Ebook

To view this ebook, you will need to download Chess Openings Wizard Express Version (COW) for free. Click on "sign up" and log in to download the Express version. At the moment, it is also possible to download the executable file directly from Amazon Web Services. The software will convert into COW Lite Version after a 30-day trial of the Express Version, but there's no need to worry about this as the Lite version views the ebook perfectly well anyway.

If you have COW's predecessor Bookup 2000 (which isn't all that different in my opinion), you will also be able to open the ebook without any problems. COW is a positional chess database program, which is quite useful for viewing opening material. It was approved by Grandmaster Peter Svidler (FIDE rating 2744 as of January 2010) many years ago.

System Requirements

Windows 98/2000/XP/Vista/7/8, Chess Openings Wizard Lite/Express/Professional or Bookup 2000 Lite/Express/Professional

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