Dubious Positions And How to Attack Them Boards 069-070
Chapter Seven would discuss the Elephant Opening and its various counters. There were eight boards in the book. In summary, four opening systems were discusssed:
- Elephant Opening vs. Left Central Cannon. Boards 69 and 70.
- Elephant Opening vs. Cross Palace Cannon. Boards 71 and 72.
- Elephant Opening vs. Palcorner Cannon. Boards 73 to 76.
Tthe Webmaster has divided this chapter according to the different opening systems shown above.
In the first page, the discussion is on the Central Cannon vs. Left Central Cannon. The discussions that were given are very practical and useful. There are several brilliant tactical combinations shown which will be very beneficial to beginners or novices of the game.
The author is extremely grateful to have obtained the permission from Grandmaster Zhang Qiang and Master Yan Wenqing to translate their work and present them to the English speaking world.There are accompanying Youtube videos which the Webmaster has added in the accompanying links. Click here for the link to the entire playlist.
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Reference:
《布局疑形与攻击》 by Master Yan Wenqing and Grandmaster Zhang Qiang