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Chess openings: theory and practice / I.A.Horowitz
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I loved COTAP! It's a great book that has many interesting games, variations, and descriptions.
It's an absolute dinosaur now. The closest book in style to it is probably FCO by van der Sterren. I would also recommend Nunn's Chess Openings (about a decade old now) over MCO.
I still have this book after about 20 years now. Great book. Back then I could easily win chess programs with the Danish gambit; today's programs though? Fa'get about it. Still love the Caro Cann, learned it from this book and loved the way each style was given an introduction.
Something about Al Horowitz himself: https://www.chess.com/article/view/the-player-i-d-most-like-to-have-met
Fikesystems wrote:
I still have this book after about 20 years now. Great book. Back then I could easily win chess programs with the Danish gambit; today's programs though? Fa'get about it. Still love the Caro Cann, learned it from this book and loved the way each style was given an introduction.
Does it have anything about 1 e4 c6 2 d4 d5 3 Nc3 de 4 Nxe4 Nd7 5 Ng5 ?
How about 1 e4 c6 2 d4 d5 3 e5 Bf5 4 Nc3 ?
Comments? It is in our university library, I will hopefully have it this weekend.