Look at your opponent sitting there in blissful ignorance. Fully at ease, everything under control, not a worry in the world. Or so he thinks. He's checked his repertoire, double-checked his main lines. He wanted to come well-prepared and he did. Or did he? Because what he doesn't know is that today is not his day. For the simple reason that he's playing you. And you are going to spring a surprise on him. No main variations today, nothing mainstream, he's going to be initiated into a world of secrets: Secrets of Opening Surprises!

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. With an SOS you will baffle your opponent, gain crucial time and stand a good chance to get an advantage WITHOUT having studied large quantities of stuffy theory!

Features:

• Jeroen Bosch - The SOS Files
• Ian Rogers - Refining Fischer's Plan
• Alexander Beliavsky - Destroying the Benoni Wall
• Maxim Notkin - When I was Young
• Jeroen Bosch - Morozevich's Pet Line in the Albin
• Michal Krasenkow - The Dutch in the English?
• Dorian Rogozenko - Follow the Experts
• Jeroen Bosch - Let's wait and see: 3...h6 in the French
• Sergei Movsesian - Play like a Beginner
• Dimitri Reinderman - The Haberditz Variation
• Jeroen Bosch - Get the Edge on the Budapest
• Igor Glek - Gambit Lines in the Glek Variation
• Jeroen Bosch - Beating the Van Geet
• Dorian Rogozenko - A Latvian Speciality vs the Dragon
• Mihai Grünberg - It is Better Playing White
• Glenn Flear - The Solid but Tricky Fianchetto Spanish
• Jonathan Rowson - The Improved Nadanian

Jeroen Bosch is an International Master and a prolific chess writer for various chess publications. His thoroughly researched contributions to the New In Chess Yearbooks are highly valued, but he also continues to perplex (and pleasantly surprise) us with the seemingly endless stream of unorthodox opening ideas that he manages to unearth for his SOS column in New In Chess Magazine.

Reviews:

• "Is a refreshing change from the usual dreary technical works and is definitely not for the bovine. His recommendations are a mixed bag: some are good, some are pretty awful. All are original or, at the very least unusual. Nevertheless, Bosch is someone who clearly thinks about his chess, a quality that distinguishes him from 99 per cent of authors."--Nigel Short, Daily Telegraph
• "I recommend this book for all those chess players who don't have time to keep up with main variations, but who do want to pose their opponents problems from early on."--Lex Jongsma, De Telegraaf
• "A very readable and well produced book about some lesser-known opening variations that deserve a better reputation."--British Chess Magazine

Specifications:

• Author: Bosch
• Book Type: Paperback, 2004
• Pages: 144