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Sep 17, 2013
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Are the older books relevant to modern theory? I have Lakdawala's book, but am wondering if the older books are of any help.
Sep 17, 2013
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#4
I love the older books. It seems to me they better explain the goals you are trying to acheave and the problems you are trying to solve. And if you are playing against an opponent lower than 2000 you probably aren't going to see the latest theory in their play anyway. That's when I feel the basics come in handy.
I can't think of an example from the Modern Defense to make my point, but when I was learning the Reti I had a hard time understanding just what IS the Reti? I had the latest books. But it wasn't until I got some of the older books that I got a clear understanding of the Reti. Now, the latest books make a lot more sense.
In Keene and Botterill's book (1972), the final chapter is called the "Avant-Garde". In it they present what were then cutting edge ideas. Ideas like the Double-Fianchetto, the Hippopotumus and 4...a6. Today these are all standard.
If you don't know history's mistakes you are bound to repeat them. And if your opponent repeats history's mistake, you'll know what to do. 
Didn't know about that one. I'm off to amazon...
Sep 17, 2013
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Yeh, I couldn't find it anywhere. But I found a .pdf. Not sure if it's legal tho'.
You will find the ...c6 Modern (aka Gurganidze) in Norwood's book too. Back then ...c6 was often played with the idea of ...d5 making it a type of Caro-Kann. But it was also played alongside ...d6 with a future ...d6-d5 or even ...c6-c5 as part of the plan. There used to be a guy here in the group that only played ...c6 and I learned about Norwood's book from him.
...a6 wasn't played much until Tiger came along and made it popularly accepted.
Nov 1, 2013
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#8
Again, many thanks WormRose for such great information and resources!
I found the two books Bennku referred to at Amazon and added them to my cart. My personal goal is to put together an "Harmony of the Moderns", a similar concept to the Biblical compulation, A Harmony of the Gospels. I intend to put together a practicing repertoire from these great books. A daunting task...hmmm....and thoughts?
Many thanks WormRose for providing such great info!
Dec 2, 2013
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#9
I'm very glad to hear that Tiger's Modern seems to be kicking and alive. Normally, I play the rock-solid caro-kann but using the Modern as a surprise weapon can really knock-off players. Tiger's writing style appeals to me and it looks like you don't have to learn tons of theory but knowing the sharp variations in the Austrian attack seems mandatory!
Anyone heard of the Sniper by Charlie Storey, he recommends 1...g6, 2...Bg7 and 3...c5 to everything.
Jan 22, 2014
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#11
Not only is this book ( The Sniper) on amazon, it also has a "look inside" option.
To help make your choice and best yet are the comments by readers, definitely worth the read, especially by a person named V. Anderson. The contents and comments by readers suggest this book primarily for accelerated dragon users and little to no mention of "Modern" players. That may be because Nf6 is often played in the dragon. Determined Modern players may turn their nose up at this book, and the "1-star" rating given by a disenchanted reader was only made because the reader got a Kindle version that did not have the variations included.
Jan 22, 2014
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#12
@benkku52 - It would be interesting to post some of the games if they can be found in databases.
benkku52, there is "Tiger's Modern" from 2005 with 216 pages, and there is now "The Modern Tiger" from 2014 with 536 pages, which is a substantial re-write.
wormrose, it is probably useful to add "The Modern Tiger" from 2014 to the list. If I was going to recommend one book only, this would be clearly it.
Jul 4, 2015
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I am actually working on adding it now. Should have something posted soon. I plan to give each numbered game a page of it's own. To see a sample click [Here].
But I probably won't include all of the sidelines in future diagrams. It takes a lot of time to prepare that. But the sideline games will be listed and linked as in the sample. Hopefully members will submit comments and further analysis.
I can probably submit a game almost every day. I plan to jump around the book randomly or according to what we encounter in our vote games or if anyone has a prefered chapter please let me know.
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If you have come to this page looking for the lists of games it has been moved to [Here]
Video - "History of the Modern Defense" parts 1 & 2
http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-modern-defense-a-history
http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-modern-defense-a-history-part-2