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

Contents

1 Jeroen Bosch - The SOS Files
2 Ruben Felgaer - Meeting the Caro-Kann with 2.Ne2
3 Dimitri Reinderman - The Meszaros Variation of the Sicilian
4 Jeroen Bosch - SOS versus Anti-Berlin
5 Alexander Finkel - SOS versus the Paulsen
6 Mazé & Cornette - Nimzo-Indian with 6...Qe8!?
7 Arthur Kogan - The Budapest Gambit Can Still Surprise!
8 Jeroen Bosch - French Prophylaxis
9 Adrian Mikhalchishin - Caro-Kann: Dementiev Variation
10 Dimitri Reinderman - The Porcupine Variation
11 Jeroen Bosch - Gajewski’s Incredible Spanish Novelty
12 Arthur Kogan - Play the Spielmann Attack
13 Alexander Finkel - An Old Idea in the Modern Defence
14 Jeroen Bosch - A Modest Indian
15 Igor Glek - A 19th Century Weapon versus the French
16 Leonid Gofshtein - A Dynamic Ruy Lopez Surprise
17 Dorian Rogozenko - Kamsky’s ‘Spare’ Slav
18 Who is Who? - Authors and their Subjects