title: Beating Unusual Chess Defences: 1 e4: Dealing With The Scandinavian, Pirc, Modern, Alekhine And Other Tricky Lines
author: Andrew Dr Greet
description: <DIV></DIV><DIV>Anyone who plays 1 e4 as White must be prepared not only for Black&#8217;s main defences but also an assortment of less popular lines. These, when taken together, represent a significant percentage of the replies you can expect to meet when opening 1 e4. Dealing with these slightly offbeat variations is often a daunting task, especially since your opponents are likely to be specialists in these lines and therefore know them inside out.</DIV><DIV><BR></DIV><DIV>This book<I> </I>provides the perfect solution. International Master Andrew Greet gets to grips with each of these tricky openings. He identifies how to exploit their weaknesses whilst avoiding their strengths, thus constructing a practical and dependable repertoire for White. This book covers everything a 1 e4 player needs to know about facing these defences.</DIV><UL><LI><DIV>Written by a renowned opening expert<?XML:NAMESPACE PREFIX = O /><O:P></O:P></DIV></LI><LI><DIV>Full of original ideas and analysis<O:P></O:P></DIV></LI><LI><DIV>Ideal for improvers, club players and tournament players<O:P></O:P></DIV></LI></UL>
zlib_text: Table of Contents
  Title page
  Key to Symbols
  Bibliography
  Preface
  PART I – Alekhine’s Defense
  Introduction
  Chapter 1 – 5th Move Alternatives
  Chapter 2 – The Fianchetto Variation
  Chapter 3 – The Alekhine Benoni
  Chapter 4 – The Main Line
  PART II – Nimzowitsch Defense
  Introduction
  Chapter 1 – 2nd Move Alternatives
  Chapter 2 – 2...d5
  Chapter 3 – 2...d6
  PART III – Scandinavian Defense
  Introduction
  Chapter 1 – 2...Nf6
  Chapter 2 – 2...Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd8
  Chapter 3 – 2...Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6
  Chapter 4 – 2...Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5
  PART IV – Pirc and Modern Defenses
  Introduction
  Chapter 1 – The Modern Defense
  Chapter 2 – The Pribyl System
  Chapter 3 – The Pirc Defense
  PART V – Philidor Defense
  Introduction
  2
  
  Chapter 1 – Various
  Chapter 2 – 4...exd4
  Chapter 3 – The Main Line
  3
  
  1.e4!
  The Chess Bible
  Volume 1
  by
  Justin Tan
  Thinkers Publishing 2021
  www.thinkerspublishing.com
  First edition 2021 by Thinkers Publishing
  Copyright © 2021 Justin Tan
  All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored 