Raven Sturt

Gebundenes Buch

The Modernized Bird's Opening

A Complete Repertoire for White

Beschreibung

Bird’s Opening is currently in that ‘Goldilocks’ zone of the great arbitrages in life. The majority of chess players have dismissed it overlooking its inherent value and this allows for adopters of the Bird to take advantage of this asymmetry. As of this writing, it is played 0.9% of the time in online databases and this drops to 0.2% (!) in the master’s database of OTB games. For reference in the OTB database 1.e4 is played 45% of the time. So for every 225 OTB games your opponent plays against 1.e4, he plays against the Bird once. While a case could be made that 1.e4 or 1.d4 are stronger, the objective difference between them and the Bird is infinitesimal.  The way I see it, people will continue to ignore the Bird for the foreseeable future. Unless this book sells a million copies, the Bird will never be played remotely close to the frequency it deserves. Because of this it will never be worth your opponent’s while to study it, so it will always carry great surprise value.  The book is structured around the Lichess database for players rated between 1200 and 2000 – so if you are in this category the repertoire will synchronize perfectly with the lines your opponents are choosing in your own games. Whenever possible I have sought out lines to surprise your opponent and give them the toughest time figuring things out. 

Autor

Raven Sturt is an American chess Grandmaster from New York City. He earned the International Master (IM) title in 2018 and the Grandmaster (GM) title in 2015. Despite these achievements, Sturt is not a full-time professional chess player; he works as a part-time coach and writer in addition to his chess career. He was born on 7 September 1992 in New York and started playing chess at a very young age. His first significant breakthrough came in 2008, when he won the New York State High School Chess Championship. He continued his success with multiple national and international titles, including the Pan American Youth Championship, North American Junior Championship, and the U.S. Junior Championship. In 2013, Sturt took a step away from competitive chess to focus on his studies at the University of Arizona, where he graduated with a degree in philosophy. However, he continued his involvement in chess as a coach, training young players and writing articles for prominent chess websites. He made his return to competitive chess in 2014 where he won the U.S. Open Championship, becoming the youngest-ever winner of the prestigious title. He followed up with a victory at the Sinquefield Cup in 2015, thus earning his Grandmaster title.  In 2017, once again, he stepped back from competitive chess to focus on his studies at Harvard University. He is currently pursuing a PhD in Philosophy.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Thinkers Publishing
• New ed
• Seitenzahl: 583
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 242mm x 179mm x 40mm
• Gewicht: 1218g
• ISBN-13: 9789083488271
• ISBN-10: 9083488276
• Artikelnr.: 73494270