Irrational Chess

[John Upham]

Richard James has reviewed Irrational Chess

from Everyman Chess

by Cyrus Lakdawala


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Irrational Chess, Cyrus Lakdawala, Everyman Chess (20 Feb. 2023), ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1781946480

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[Roger de Coverly]

Richard James has reviewed Irrational Chess

from Everyman Chess

by Cyrus Lakdawala

I see he uses the Stean - Browne game from the 1974 Olympiad. I think of the opening of that, or rather the start of the middlegame when Stean sacrifices on e6 as being preparation. Stean had after all written a book on the Najdorf in that era.

I wonder whether he also featured the Basman - Stean game from a Hastings of that period. That's the one that started 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Be2 Nf6 4. c3 . Perhaps it's not irrational but only logical by a Basman frame of reference.

[Richard James]

Richard James has reviewed Irrational Chess

from Everyman Chess

by Cyrus Lakdawala

I see he uses the Stean - Browne game from the 1974 Olympiad. I think of the opening of that, or rather the start of the middlegame when Stean sacrifices on e6 as being preparation. Stean had after all written a book on the Najdorf in that era.

I wonder whether he also featured the Basman - Stean game from a Hastings of that period. That's the one that started 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Be2 Nf6 4. c3 . Perhaps it's not irrational but only logical by a Basman frame of reference.

No sign at all of Basman in there, perhaps unexpectedly.

[MJMcCready]

Why would anyone ever want to buy this?

[Matt Mackenzie]

Was just going to ask, is it as verbally incontinent as Lakdawala's usual output?

[IM Jack Rudd]

The review seems to say that it's much the same stylistically as his normal output, yes.