Attacking the Spanish The Schliemann, Gajewski Variation and the Marshall Attack by Sabino Brunello
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Publisher: Quality Chess, 2009 Edition: Paperback medium ISBN: 978-1-906552-1-76 Pages: 284 Language: English
The Spanish opening, 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5, is so respected that many Black players immediately start defending. Brunello shows that Black can engage in a tense fight for the win right from the start.
The three gambits considered in Attacking the Spanish have all been recently tested by top 10 players.
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5
The Schliemann, with its reversed King's Gambit flair, has always been popular with club players, but grandmasters knew it was unsound. Then Teimour Radjabov started playing it successfully against the elite and sparked a revival.
The Gajewski variation is brand new. The position after White's tenth move had been reached a thousand times with 10...c5 universally played, when in the summer of 2007 the Polish grandmaster Gajewski revealed that Black has a fascinating gambit at his disposal.
The Marshall Attack is sound and aggressive, so it is no surprise that it is favoured by the world's best. The theory is so complex that an expert guide is required, and Brunello is well suited to the task, having played the Marshall for most of his life.
International Master Sabino Brunello is one of the leaders of the youthful revival in Italian chess. Brunello is still a teenager, but his rating is already 2547 and increasing daily.
