SECRETS OF OPENING SURPRISES, VOLUME 3
Edited by Jeroen Bosch
Publisher: New in Chess (2005)
144 pages
$21.95

Reviewed by John Donaldson

SECRETS OF OPENING SURPRISES (SOS) by Jeroen Bosch is based on the regular feature in NEW IN CHESS MAGAZINE, but this volume has little overlap. There are many authors besides Bosch, including such top GMs as Mikhail Gurevich, Alexander Beliavsky and Oleg Romanishin. Lines considered run the gamut coming from fairly popular openings like 5.h3 versus the topical Chebanenko system in the Slav (4...a6) to Portisch’s ingenious 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d3 Nc6 4.g3 Bd6!?. Most of the articles are stand alone, but there are possibilities for quickly picking up an opening repertoire. For example, in the Classical Sicilian 6...g6 versus the Richter Rauzer and 6...Na5 against the Sozin are both given a close look. An answer to 1.d4 is provided in 3...Nd7!? in the Queen’s Gambit Accepted.

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