Leningrad System

Author : Stefan Kindermann
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9783283004781
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Leningrad System written by Stefan Kindermann and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Leningrad System is one of the sharpest and most interesting replies to 1 d4, and since this typical set-up is also playable against the flank openings 1 c4 and 1 Nf3, it provides the Black player with a genuine universal weapon. A repertoire for Black based on 7...Qe8 in the main line of the Leningrad System is presented here, but since the typical motifs and ideas for both sides are fully explained, White players too will benefit from a study of the book. Book jacket.

Author : Valeri Beim
Publisher : Gambit Publications
ISBN 13 : 9781901983722
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Understanding the Leningrad Dutch written by Valeri Beim and published by Gambit Publications. This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Leningrad System of the Dutch Defence is an interesting hybrid of the Dutch and the King's Indian. For many years, it was viewed with some suspicion in view of the slight positional weaknesses created in Black's position. However, in the 1980s dynamic new approaches were introduced by such players as Sergei Dolmatov, Evgeny Bareev, Mikhail Gurevich and especially Vladimir Malaniuk. These players showed how an active approach could compensate for these defects, and offer Black excellent winning chances. Since then, the Leningrad has been a popular and effective opening choice for players of all levels.

Author : Jaan Ehlvest
Publisher : B. T. Batsford Limited
ISBN 13 : 9780713467543
Total Pages : 139 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Leningrad Dutch written by Jaan Ehlvest and published by B. T. Batsford Limited. This book was released on 1993 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Dutch Defence has a well-deserved reputation for being an uncompromising and aggressive opening; it is used by attack-minded players who are determined to win. The Leningrad system is one of the most popular and dynamic variations of the Dutch, and is a particular favourite of the younger generation of Russian and former Soviet Grandmasters. Joan Ehlvest, one of the greatest modern exponents, provides a clear explanation of the key ideas of the Leningrad variation, concentrating on dynamic new ideas.

Author : Igor Vishnevetsky
Publisher : Deep Vellum Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1564789381
Total Pages : 129 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Leningrad written by Igor Vishnevetsky and published by Deep Vellum Publishing. This book was released on 2013-10-03 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Closing the gap between the contemporary Russian novel and the masterpieces of the early Soviet avant-garde, this masterful mixture of prose and poetry, excerpts from private letters and diaries, and quotes from newspapers and NKVD documents, is a unique amalgam of documentary, philosophical novel, and black humor. Revolving around three central characters—a composer; his lover, Vera; and Vera's husband, a naval officer intercepting enemy communications—we are made witness to the inhuman conditions prevailing during the Siege of Leningrad, against a background of starvation and continuous bombing. In their wild attempts to survive, the protagonists hold on to their art, ideals, and sentiments—hoping that these might somehow remain uncorrupted despite the Bolsheviks, Nazis, and even death itself.

Author : David M. Glantz
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 752 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Battle for Leningrad written by David M. Glantz and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 752 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on an unparalleled access to Russian archival sources and going far beyond the military aspects of other historical works, Glantz's book is a testament to the nearly two million Russians who lost their lives during the battle for Leningrad. 90 illustrations. 16 maps.

Author : Brian Moynahan
Publisher : Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0802191908
Total Pages : 558 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Leningrad: Siege and Symphony written by Brian Moynahan and published by Grove/Atlantic, Inc.. This book was released on 2014-10-14 with total page 558 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The “gripping story” of a Nazi blockade, a Russian composer, and a ragtag band of musicians who fought to keep up a besieged city’s morale (The New York Times Book Review). For 872 days during World War II, the German Army encircled the city of Leningrad—modern-day St. Petersburg—in a military operation that would cripple the former capital and major Soviet industrial center. Palaces were looted and destroyed. Schools and hospitals were bombarded. Famine raged and millions died, soldiers and innocent civilians alike. Against the backdrop of this catastrophe, historian Brian Moynahan tells the story of Dmitri Shostakovich, whose Seventh Symphony was first performed during the siege and became a symbol of defiance in the face of fascist brutality. Titled “Leningrad” in honor of the city and its people, the work premiered on August 9, 1942—with musicians scrounged from frontline units and military bands, because only twenty of the orchestra’s hundred members had survived. With this compelling human story of art and culture surviving amid chaos and violence, Leningrad: Siege and Symphony “brings new depth and drama to a key historical moment” (Booklist, starred review), in “a narrative that is by turns painful, poignant and inspiring” (Minneapolis Star-Tribune). “He reaches into the guts of the city to extract some humanity from the blood and darkness, and at its best Leningrad captures the heartbreak, agony and small salvations in both death and survival . . . Moynahan’s descriptions of the battlefield, which also draw from the diaries of the cold, lice-ridden, hungry combatants, are haunting.” —The Washington Post

Author : Mira Duric
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1351881515
Total Pages : 199 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Strategic Defence Initiative written by Mira Duric and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cover -- Half Title -- Dedication -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 The Strategic Defence Initiative -- 2 The Soviet Reaction to the SDI -- 3 The Reykjavik Summit: October 11-12 1986 -- 4 US-Soviet Relations after the Reykjavik Summit -- 5 Strategic Defence: The Post-Cold War and Post-September 11 World -- Conclusion -- Selective Bibliography -- Index

Author : MIHAIL. MARIN
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781784831011
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Leningrad Dutch written by MIHAIL. MARIN and published by . This book was released on 2021-09 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Dutch chess opening is renowned as a fighting weapon against 1.d4, as 1...f5 immediately sets up an unbalanced struggle. Then Black's kingside fianchetto, which defines the Leningrad Dutch, allows pawn-storming play in similar style to the King's Indian Defense. Mihail Marin is the ideal author to explain both the strategic ideas and the latest theory. Leningrad Dutch covers lines where White also fianchettoes the king's bishop - these lines are the critical test of the Leningrad. The companion volume, Dutch Sidelines, completes Black's Dutch repertoire.

Author : Debra Dean
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0061747181
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Madonnas of Leningrad written by Debra Dean and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-10-13 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “An extraordinary debut, a deeply lovely novel that evokes with uncommon deftness the terrible, heartbreaking beauty that is life in wartime. Like the glorious ghosts of the paintings in the Hermitage that lie at the heart of the story, Dean’s exquisite prose shimmers with a haunting glow, illuminating us to the notion that art itself is perhaps our most necessary nourishment. A superbly graceful novel.” — Chang-Rae Lee, New York Times Bestselling author of Aloft and Native Speaker Bit by bit, the ravages of age are eroding Marina's grip on the everyday. An elderly Russian woman now living in America, she cannot hold on to fresh memories—the details of her grown children's lives, the approaching wedding of her grandchild—yet her distant past is miraculously preserved in her mind's eye. Vivid images of her youth in war-torn Leningrad arise unbidden, carrying her back to the terrible fall of 1941, when she was a tour guide at the Hermitage Museum and the German army's approach signaled the beginning of what would be a long, torturous siege on the city. As the people braved starvation, bitter cold, and a relentless German onslaught, Marina joined other staff members in removing the museum's priceless masterpieces for safekeeping, leaving the frames hanging empty on the walls to symbolize the artworks' eventual return. As the Luftwaffe's bombs pounded the proud, stricken city, Marina built a personal Hermitage in her mind—a refuge that would stay buried deep within her, until she needed it once more. . . .

Author : Simon Williams
Publisher : Everyman Chess
ISBN 13 : 1781942447
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Killer Dutch written by Simon Williams and published by Everyman Chess. This book was released on with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grandmaster Simon Williams has played the Classical Dutch for over twenty years. It remains his favourite opening and has featured in some of his greatest individual results, including a win over World Championship finalist Boris Gelfand. In this book, Williams examines the Classical Dutch in great depth. He also presents a complete repertoire for Black with the Dutch Defence, which is based on his own repertoire he has used successfully at grandmaster level for many years. As well as presenting the latest theory and revealing his new ideas in the key lines, Williams highlights the main tactical and strategic ideas for both sides and covers important issues such as move orders. Each chapter includes a series of tests at the end, so that readers are able to assess how well they have understood the main concepts. This books tells you everything you need to know about successfully playing the Classical Dutch. A Dutch repertoire against 1 d4, 1 c4 and 1 Nf3Written by a world-renowned Classical Dutch expert Packed with new ideas and critical analysis