The King's Indian According to Tigran Petrosian by Igor Yanvarjov
A superb collection of virtually all the known games played by Petrosian in the Kings Indian Defense.


Tigran Petrosian, the ninth world chess champion, was one of the deepest thinkers the chess world has ever seen. His handling of complex strategic positions was legendary. Now, for the first time, Russian international master Igor Yanvarjov has put together a superb collection of virtually all the known games played by Petrosian with both colors in the Kings Indian Defense and other closely related Indian structures.

The authors objective was, first of all, to reveal the richness of Petrosians chess world and to follow the strategic development of the Kings Indian Defense through the prism of Petrosians creative work. He does this with the presentation of almost 300 deeply annotated, complete games.

Contents include:

• The Classical Variation
• The Smisch System
• The Fianchetto Variation
• The Benoni
  Other Systems
  
• Portrait of a Chess Player
• Lessons from Petrosian
• The Problem of the Exchange
• Furmans Bishop
• Pawns are the soul of chess
• Playing by Analogy
• Maneuvering Battle
• Experiments
• Realist or Romantic?
• The Kings Indian with Colors and Flanks Reversed

This splendid collection of annotated games will not only have enormous appeal to Kings Indian aficionados, but to all chessplayers who wish to expand their understanding of the strategic concepts underpinning the royal game as a whole.

ISBN: 9781941270578, Paperback, 424 pages, Russell Enterprise