The Modernized Modern Benoni
Published on 28. January 2021
Book
Paperback/Softback
280 pages
978-94-64201-04-8 (ISBN)
Description
The Modern Benoni is one of the most controversial but also dynamic answers to 1.d4. This opening remained the favorite of famous attacking players as Tal, Kasparov, Gashimov and Topalov. From the outset, Black creates a new pawn structure and deploying his active piece play against White's central majority. In his book Alexey Kovalchuk focuses on a set of new ideas and deep analyses supported by his silicon friends. His book supplies all Black needs to know to fight for the initiative from move two!
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Series
Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Belgium
Edition type
New edition
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 237 mm
Width: 170 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
509 gr
ISBN-13
978-94-64201-04-8 (9789464201048)
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Person
Alexey Kovalchuk was born in 1994 in Russia and learned to play chess at the "late" age of 12. In November of 2017 he reached his highest Elo yet of 2445 and is considered an IM without the norms. Alexey has never had a coach having studied with the aid of books and other materials. His tournament successes include winning the Rostov Championship in both classical and rapid. He is a three-time winner of the Taganrog Championship and has won prizes in many events including Taganrog, Togliatti, Astrakhan, Lipetsk, Kharkov and Donetsk. His reputation as a theoretician is well known and he has previously published a book on the Gruenfeld Defense. Currently Alexey serves as a second for several grandmasters as well as coach for several aspiring students.