A Brilliant New (old) Chess Opening Book

Opening Divergencies by Ivan Kuzim.
I'm often surprised when I amble around these 2nd hand junk shops
at the number of chess books I see I never knew existed.

Take this one for instance. (£2.00 and I had to haggle)
Never heard of it but what a find.

Kuzim takes his inspiration from the Fischer-Spassky '72 match.

In one of the games Fischer, not by accident, turns a Sicilian into
a well known position from the Scotch Game.

Poor Spassky was trying to figure out where he had seen the position
before and, more importantly, what to do.
Meanwhile Fischer kicked in with analysis that was 100 years old and won.


So Kuzim has done experimenting and has found ingenious ways to
steer one opening variation into another often with drastic effects.

It's well known that some openings can transpose into other openings
with the colours reversed but Kuzim has found a Caro Khan that
switches into a Danish Gambit and a French going into
a mainline Lopez position.

There is also a very sneaky Queen's Gambit Declined going into a
position from the Two Knights that has known since Staunton to favour White.
(in this case it favours Black - the exact same position with Black to play - incredible)

He backs this up with more than 50 games of his that he has won.
A wonderful find. Where has this book been?

This is the opening of my latest Corner which is still under construction.
But here is a sneak preview.

http://chessedinburgh.co.uk/chandlerarticle.php?ChandID=3

Games will follow.

Does anybody else have this book?

my brother just sold that book on ebay, is supposed to be pretty rare i think he got about £160 for it.

i never read it but he loved it.

Originally posted by trev33
my brother just sold that book on ebay, is supposed to be pretty rare i think he got about £160 for it.

i never read it but he loved it.

Originally posted by ketchuplover
Is that 160 pounds? Is the book made of gold?

It must be rare, because a google search reaveals nothing-are you sure you spelled the title and/or author's name correctly, Greenpawn?

I don't see how a book can be rare; Can't you just make a few thousand copies of it?

My grandson was telling me about this book. He has been begging my daughter to locate one for him. She used to work for Amazon and got a sorts of rare finds for me and her stepdad for Christmas. I will ask her what luck she is having.

Originally posted by greenpawn34
[b]Opening Divergencies by Ivan Kuzim.
I'm often surprised when I amble around these 2nd hand junk shops
at the number of chess books I see I never knew existed.


Does anybody else have this book?[/b]

I've been playing out as few games - hard to know which
one to select.

Suspect spelling error earlierr on £16.00 perhaps.

Originally posted by Very Rusty
I don't do any studying of the game which shows in my games.
Funny you should mention this book. A friend of mine dropped this book off to me the other day. I think it is a really good chess book on openings, something which can help players, no matter what your rating, and easy to understand. I have been wanting to expand my knowledge on openings, which is so important.

Originally posted by ale1552
Rusty....we are friends, aren't we? I will contact my daughter and if she makes you a good offer would you be willing to part with it?

I have this! Though I don't think my copy's worth much as it's missing the front cover. I've never bothered with it as it's in descriptive. Might give it another go...

Here is a game from the book.

I'll be posting on The Corner later on.

Watch how Kuzmin turns a Larsen's opening (played 7 years before
Larsen put his name on it) into an old opening from the 16th century
with the colours reversed.

Originally posted by greenpawn34
I've been playing out as few games - hard to know which
one to select.

Suspect spelling error earlierr on £16.00 perhaps.

Originally posted by Very Rusty
Well I think he was just lending me the book not giving it to me. If it turns out he is giving it to me, I could send it on when I am done with it. Will let you know by PM when I know.

Originally posted by greenpawn34
Here is a game from the book.

I'll be posting on [b]The Corner later on.

Watch how Kuzmin turns a Larsen's opening (played 7 years before
Larsen put his name on it) into an old opening from the 16th century
with the colours reversed.
[pgn]
[Event "Lilliput Open 1963"]
[Round "1"]
[White "J.Swift"]
[Black "I.Kuzmin"]
[Result "0-1"]

1 ...[text shortened]... Rxd2 Rd8 15. Qe3 Bxd2+ 16. Nxd2 Qb1+ 17. Nxb1 Rd1
[/pgn]

Kuzmin is my new hero.[/b]