Secrets of Opening Surprises brings you a wide variety of unusual opening ideas. They may seem outrageous at first sight, but have proven to be perfectly playable. An SOS deviates very early from the regular lines in a mainstream opening, usually even before move six! That is why it is so easy to actually bring the variation on the board. You will baffle your opponent without having studied large quantities of stuffy theory.
Mikhail Gurevich - Portisch’s Ingenious Idea Jeroen Bosch - A Flank Attack in the Grünfeld Oleg Romanishin - Catch-as-catch-Kan? David Navara - The Paulsen Attack in the Petroff Dorian Rogozenko - Let’s wait together in the Slav Jeroen Bosch - Surprise in the Scotch Mark Bluvshtein - Out of the French Book Alexander Beliavsky - Volga Gambit with 4.Nd2 Oleg Chernikov - Provocation in the Rauzer: 6...g6 Ian Rogers - Caro-Kann Fantasy Variation Jeroen Bosch - A Central Thrust in the Réti Karel van der Weide - A French Nimzowitsch Glenn Flear - Protecting the Gambit Pawn in the QGA Jeroen Bosch - Evans Gambit: ‘Stoneware’ Defence Adrian Mikhalchishin - A Sozin Opening Surprise Mikhail Gurevich - English or Sicilian Reversed
What people say about SOS
'SOS is a sparkling star in the grey sky of theory.' Heinz Brunthaler in Rochade Europa
'We are all trying to outsmart our opponents in the opening, and this can be achieved with very little effort using the numerous curveballs that are included. The variations can be exceedingly difficult if you are not prepared.' Carsten Hansen at ChessCafe
'No matter what you play, you will find something exciting here.' Chess Today
