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Good Chess Openings Books for Beginners and Beyond....
https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell/good-chess-openings-books-for-beginners-and-beyond
Mar 20, 2018
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Oh behave, Middlegamer! O.K. Golubev's book on the dragon - still essential reading for both sides in that opening - also his videos on various openings are great If there is an opening in your repertoire that has an everyman book about it - the one on the Sicilian ..e6 systems, if I remember correctly - is very good. Watson's books on the english opening and the french defence are very good. It is a different question recommending opening books for 'beginners', rather than more experienced players, because actually - speaking as a former coach - 'beginners' need to study the opening in relation to the resultant middle game positions, rather than a mountain of theory. For that reason I would say that John Emm's book - The Easy Guide to the Ruy Lopez - is very good for 'beginners', who play 1.e4 as White, as it gives both the theory, and the themeatic ideas of the various lines. I would not recommend inexperienced players to look to much at 'repertoire books', tempting though it may be, as they often use sidelines that are not actually very good, and give them very skimpy coverage.
Mar 21, 2018
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#8
Ah! Now I see! Someone says ''what is a good book on the dragon?', then I say ''Golubev's book is good''. Forgive my senility!!😨
MiddlegamerUmesh wrote:
http://www.jeremysilman.com/shop/pc/Flexible-French-The-76p3490.htm
https://web.archive.org/web/20140627104235/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen114.pdf
If that is not flexible enough, there is also:
http://www.jeremysilman.com/shop/pc/Even-More-Flexible-French-The-76p3908.htm
https://www.newinchess.com/media/wysiwyg/product_pdf/9010.pdf
MiddlegamerUmesh wrote:
... Grandmaster Repertoire Series French Books ...
https://www.newinchess.com/media/wysiwyg/product_pdf/7314.pdf
https://www.qualitychess.co.uk/ebooks/GM15-FrenchDefence2–excerpt.pdf
https://www.qualitychess.co.uk/ebooks/GM16-FrenchDefence3-excerpt.pdf
MiddlegamerUmesh wrote:
... Simon Williams [has] a series on chess.com about the French Defense
https://www.chess.com/video/player/why-simon-loves-the-french-the-advance-variation
https://www.chess.com/video/player/why-simon-loves-the-french-the-exchange-aka-the-groan-variation
https://www.chess.com/video/player/why-simon-loves-the-french-the-universal-system
https://www.chess.com/video/player/why-simon-loves-the-french-the-classical-variation
MiddlegamerUmesh wrote:
... Tatev Abrahamyan [has] a series on chess.com about the French Defense
https://www.chess.com/video/player/completely-french-the-winawer---part-1
https://www.chess.com/video/player/completely-french-nd2-variation
https://www.chess.com/video/player/completely-french-advance-variation
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