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DANNY GORMALLY
EVERYMAN CHESS
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DANNY GORMALLY
EVERYMAN CHESS
www.everymanchess.com
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First published n 2010 by Gloucester Publishers plc (fomerly Everyman Publishers
plc ) , North burgh House, 10 North burgh Street, london EC1 V OAT
Copyright© 2010 Danny Gormally
The right of Danny Gormally to be identified as the author of this work has been
asserted in accordance with the Copyrights, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
All rights reserved. No pat of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a
retrieval system or transmitted n any form or by any means, electronic,
electrostatic, magnetic tape, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior
permission of the publisher.
British Libray Cataloguing-in-Publication Data
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British library.
ISBN: 978 1 8S744 621 2
Distributed n Noth America by The Globe Pequot Press, P.O Box 480,
246 Goose lane, Guilford, CT 06437-0480.
All other sales enquiries should be directed to Everyman Chess, North burgh House,
10 Nothburgh Street, London EC1V OAT
tel: 020 72 S 3 7887 fax: 020 7490 3708
email: info@everymanchess.com; website: www.everymanchess.com
Everyman is the registered trade mar< of Random House Inc. and is used in this
work under licence from Random House Inc.
Eveyman Chess Series
Chief advisor: Byron Jacobs
Commissioning editor: John Emms
Assistant editor: Richard Palliser
Typeset and edited by First Rank Publishing, Brighton.
Cover design by Horatio Monteverde.
Printed and bound n the US by Versa Press.
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Contents
Introduction
5
1
South London's Finest
7
2
Morphy vs. Carlsen
32
3
Taking on Transwarp
62
4
The Gamblers and the Grinders
98
5
Solving Problems in the Opening
149
6
Practical Play
170
7
Combinations
192
Solutions to Exercises
197
Index of Openings
206
Index of Players
207
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Introduction
The inspiration for this project came from a conversation I had when playing in
Hastings, many moons ago. Walking down the hill back from the tournament hall
with a couple of my fellow aspiring mega-talents, we were joined by a young
Dutch player. I stated going on about how tough it was being a chess pro, to
wh ich he abruptly interjected: "you are pretty weak for a professional aren't you?"
A cheap jibe I felt. Despite having my ego completely flattened, in these days of
hyper-inflated ratings, where even 2700 will struggle to get you a regular income,
I have to say deep down I agreed with him, even if his throwaway comment stung
quite a little.
These thoughts in turn provoked the question: just what is it that separates the
very best players in the world from a struggling pro like myself? Is it just a higher
level of ability, or do other factors come into play? If I could quantify the three
most important factors that separate the best players from the rest, I would
probably come up with the following:
1. Will to win
I've never met a grandmaster that was easy to beat . It's easy to underestimate
their competitive instincts, that desperate desire to escape the bitter stab of fail­
ure . And the higher up the ladder you go, the more you perceive this . Grandmas­
ters are chess street fighters. They simply refuse to lie down and die! It also comes
down to inner belief: the top players in the world completely believe in the superi­
ority of their thinking over that of others.
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