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Former US Open Champion Timothy Taylor presents weapons for Black against the hugely popular Spanish Opening, basing his repertoire on the Modern Steinitz Defence. This opening can lead to razor-sharp lines, such as the Siesta Variation, where one slip by either player could prove to be fatal. But a major attraction of the Modern Steinitz is its flexibility, as Black can also choose to play in a more positional manner. Taylor studies in depth the critical main lines, and also what to do if White avoids these. Read this book and be ready to slay the Spanish!
- Sales Rank: #2047361 in Books
- Brand: Brand: Everyman Chess
- Published on: 2011-04-12
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.90" h x .80" w x 5.90" l, .90 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 288 pages
- Used Book in Good Condition
Review
"In all Timothy Taylor's new book is meaty, well organized and full of interesting ideas." Harvey Lerman Florida Chess
From the Back Cover
Former US Open Champion Timothy Taylor presents a repertoire for Black against the universally popular Spanish Opening (Ruy Lopez). The backbone of Black's repertoire is based on the Modern Steinitz Defence, which has justifiably earned a reputation as an important alternative to the main lines. The Modern Steinitz may lead to razor-sharp gambits, such as the Siesta Variation, where just one slip by either player could prove to be fatal. But perhaps the main attraction of the Modern Steinitz is its flexibility, as Black can also choose to play in a more positional and solid manner.
Using illustrative games and drawing on his own experiences with the opening, Taylor examines in depth all the critical main lines, as well as what to do if White avoids them. Read this book and get ready to slay the Spanish!
- A repertoire for Black against the Ruy Lopez
- Up-to-date theory on the critical lines
- Covers plans and strategies for both sides
About the Author
International Master Timothy Taylor is an experienced tournament player who has enjoyed several notable successes. He is an accomplished chess writer who is renowned for his entertaining and thought-provoking style.
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful.
Good choice for defending the Ruy
By Tom Ewall
When considering taking up an opening, three things come to mind: 1)Are the positions fun to play? 2)Is the opening theoretically sound? 3)Is it easy to get into to? By the last question, I mean, how likely are you to get to play the opening. Since the Deferred Steinitz takes place on move 4, unless the opponent ops for a delayed exchange, you'll get to the opening. This compares very favorably with, for example, the Marshall, where you might go a long time before getting to play it.
Regarding if the positions are fun to play, take a look at the positions from recent GM games after 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.c3 (or 5.0-O) Bd7 and see if they look appealing. There are other possibilities, but this is a good place to start. In general these are positions which involve a lot of maneuvering. There are other options for those who prefer wilder positions where theoretical soundness isn't the top priority.
Regarding being sound, there are a number of super GM's who currently play it, and it has been adopted by top players for many decades. The chess engines give the typical small edge for White one finds in any good opening for Black. It's not easy to prove an advantage for White. One more typically winds up in complex middle games with chances for both sides.
The author considers four lines, two of which he deems solid, and two gambits (Siesta and Yandemirov). Of the two solid lines, one he recommends against both White's main 5th move alternatives, the other only against one, which is why I suggested looking at the above line.
Another good thing about the opening is there isn't a lot of theory to learn, especially compared to almost anything else. These days it's not easy to find sound openings without tons and tons of theory.
The author does a good job explaining the themes involved, and in the choice of games to annotate, and in annotating the games themselves. He goes into detail regarding getting the move order right and the various transpositions. While there isn't a lot of theory, there are some pitfalls to be aware of.
Something I would have liked would have been some more recent games involving super GM's. In particular, Mamedyarov has played quite a few recent games with it. An interesting thing is he several times uses a move order the author discourages, and it would have been interesting to see him comment on that.
Regarding the review titled "Not sufficiently open minded about Exchange variation(s)", the reviewer states, "The material on the Modern Steinitz proper is very good, but IM Taylor cannot resist the temptation to make this a 'repertoire' book by including material on the Exchange variation. The 35+ pages tacked on to the end therefore comprise 10+ percent of the book, have nothing to do with the Modern Steinitz, and are just plain bad."
The Title of the book is "Slay the Spanish! weapons against the Ruy Lopez" It was always intended to be a repertoire against the Ruy Lopez. The author could not have left out the chapters on the Exchange variation, as this would have defeated the purpose of the book. If the title of the book were "The Modern Steinitz," the reviewer might have had a point.
He continues, "IM Taylor apparently is sick of the drawish Exchange variation with 4...dxc6 5. 0-0 so he instead recommends 4...bxc6?! which just plain sucks." Rather than providing any evidence that 4...bxc6 "just plain sucks," he instead immediately contradicts himself by writing, "since IM Watson thinks 4...bxc6 is viable against the Exchange variation, he thinks little of the line 5. Bxc6 bxc6 for White in the Modern Steinitz proper." If bxc6 is "viable" then it obviously can't "suck".
The author writes very clearly (which not all chess authors do, by any means) and I believe this book would be very good for any club player below Master level. This particular book has the ability to "look inside," so I suggest taking advantage of this, and check out the sample to decide on whether or not to purchase the book.
One last comment is that a difficulty of many opening books is that is often difficult to slog through the mazes of variations, which can take away greatly from the readability of the book, if the author is not careful. This definitely is not the case here. It's a very easy book to read.
10 of 13 people found the following review helpful.
Generally good coverage but judgments made without considering sufficient alternatives
By George Jempty
The material on the Modern Steinitz proper is very good, but IM Taylor cannot resist the temptation to make this a "repertoire" book by including material on the Exchange variation. The 35+ pages tacked on to the end therefore comprise 10+ percent of the book, have nothing to do with the Modern Steinitz, and are just plain bad.
IM Taylor apparently is sick of the drawish Exchange variation with 4...dxc6 5. 0-0 so he instead recommends 4...bxc6?! which just plain sucks. He complains that other authors have been similarly disparaging toward the line without really analyzing it, but then he makes the same mistake about the Exchange line with 4...dxc6 5. Nc3 -- after 5...f6 he opines that 6. d4 is "necessary (due to) 6. 0-0 Bg4 and White can't get d2-d4 in." I'm sorry but I'll hang my hat on the experience of a former World Champion over one sentence of IM Taylor's -- there are other 6th moves for White and considering that Taylor begins the book with over 15 complete games by former World champions, he should know better.
This myopia carries over to other variations too. For instance since IM Taylor thinks 4...bxc6 is viable against the Exchange variation, he thinks little of the line 5. Bxc6 bxc6 for White in the Modern Steinitz proper. And between his myopia and his veneration for the games of Keres (a grandmaster who was about as strong as World champions in his day, and who Taylor has made the "hero" for this book), he disregards improvements for White. For instance he follows the game Mecking-Keres in this particular delayed exchange variation on pp. 53-55, and he makes a big deal out of 9...Rb8 and how another author didn't even consider this move or game. But then he glosses right over 10. b3 as played by Mecking without considering alternatives for White, which I found in my own database (namely 10. 0-0).
Either Taylor's database is smaller than mine, or he chose to ignore this; neither is a good indication, particularly the smaller database, since I am nowhere near IM strength (rather, class A/B). Rather I think IM Taylor's tunnel vision may be at work again when it comes to evaluating the quality of games in the database. For instance, in the line of the Siesta variation 5. c3 f5 6. exf5 Bxf5 7. d4 e4 8. Ng5 d5 9. f3 e3 10. f4 Nf6 11. 0-0 Bd6, he writes "the soundness of the entire Siesta may rest on the evaluation of the obvious 12. Bxe3, which has never occurred in a high level game". My database however shows that International Master and many time Latvian champion Vitolins drew as black after this very move (there's a wikipedia article about him). Again, either IM Taylor's database is not sufficiently up-to-date, or he did not recognize the name Vitolins, in which case he needs to broaden his team of research assistants (especially when he makes such a bold statement about the viability of the Siesta), because to me Vitolins was readily recognizable when I saw it in my database -- he played lots of correspondence games in the Latvian Gambit (and Taylor claims to have used databases of correspondence games).
The material on non-Exchange variations of the Modern Steinitz proper with 3...a6 4. Ba4 d6 does seem well worth it. Bear in mind though due to the lightly annotated complete games format, you are still going to have lots of work to do on your own if you plan to add the Modern Steinitz to your openings arsenal, because the annotations are inconsistent: usually sparse but insightful, occasionally deep, but often insufficient. I'm already coming to different conclusions for instance in the Yandemirov gambit, so you need to do your homework and not follow everything blindly, just because an IM says so.
For instance, here is an instance of the white elephant in the room not even being mentioned: 5. 0-0 Bg4 6. h3 h5 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. d4 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 exd4 10. Rd1 Qf6 11. Qb3 Ne7 12. Qb7 Rd8 and no mention is made of the obvious 13. Qxa6 (and then if 13...g5 14. a4 combining threats of advancing the a-pawn with the not-so-obvious rook lift idea of Ra3. Black can and in my opinion probably should play it much more safely with 10...c5 and then if 11. c3 Qf6 and White cannot transfer his queen to b3.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.
Two Stars
By Patrick C. Rancour
Extremely biased towards black point of view.will write more about why later.
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