Gutman, 4...Qh4 in the Scotch Game

272 Seiten, kartoniert, 2001
The Scotch Game - 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 d4 exd4 4 Nxd4, leading to a rapid opening of lines and lively piece play, offers White every opportunity to gain an enduring initiative and attack.
Black's most challenging reply is the counterattack on White's e4 pawn by 4 Qh4, the subject of this book - the first in a series that represents the most ambitious study ever undertaken on the Scotch game.
The author, Latvian Grandmaster Lev Gutman, has not only thoroughly researched and reassessed all available material on the opening, dating back to the 19th century, but added an enormous amount of high-quality original analysis, which will be of great value to competitive players.
World No. 1 and enthusiastic practitioner of the Scotch Garry Kasparov said of the author's original German edition:
"We need a new kind of book, which tries to connect the past with the present and the future, to unite old material with modern theory I hope this new book will set an example as to how the new opening books should be written "
Lev Gutman is an International Grandmaster who emigrated from Russia to Israel in the early 1980s and then went to live in Germany.