Otherwise tiger modern and the Chessable course as previously mentioned imo are pretty much essential for any serious modern player imo
Best Book for the Modern Defense?
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Mar 25, 2022
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All of Cyrus’ books on the modern are good (own all of them) My personal favorite is actually his First Steps: the Modern
Otherwise tiger modern and the Chessable course as previously mentioned imo are pretty much essential for any serious modern player imo
Otherwise tiger modern and the Chessable course as previously mentioned imo are pretty much essential for any serious modern player imo
Mar 27, 2022
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Steven-ODonoghue wrote:
Tiger's Modern by Tiger Hillarp Persson is a good one.
There is also a book by Lakdawala in the "Move by Move" series on the Modern defense. I am less familiar with this book, but the series and author are very reliable so I would give this a consider.
Alternatively, if you like chessable there is a course there on the Modern by CM Vjekoslav (I actually beat him on the white side of his beloved modern defence, but regardless, he is a good author)
You should get The Modern Tiger instead of Tiger's Modern. The former is an update to the latter. Same author.
The best book is... not a book but a data base.
All books are obsolete while in print, while new games are played while the book is in print.
Mar 27, 2022
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ThrillerFan wrote:
Steven-ODonoghue wrote:
Tiger's Modern by Tiger Hillarp Persson is a good one.
There is also a book by Lakdawala in the "Move by Move" series on the Modern defense. I am less familiar with this book, but the series and author are very reliable so I would give this a consider.
Alternatively, if you like chessable there is a course there on the Modern by CM Vjekoslav (I actually beat him on the white side of his beloved modern defence, but regardless, he is a good author)
You should get The Modern Tiger instead of Tiger's Modern. The former is an update to the latter. Same author.
also this. thanks for the clarification @thrillerfan
Starting Out The Pirc/Modern by Joe Gallagher is an introduction.....especially good for understanding ideas...
Tiger's book, while a good one, is a repertoire book, covering his preferred variations...
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Starting_Out_The_Pirc_Modern/qn6lDQAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=starting+out+the+pirc/modern&printsec=frontcover
https://www.amazon.com/Modern-Tiger-Grandmaster-Guides/dp/1907982833/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3GIEZXSQGK3K2&keywords=the+modern+tiger&qid=1648410069&s=books&sprefix=the+modern+tiger%2Cstripbooks%2C167&sr=1-1
https://www.amazon.com/Starting-Out-Modern-Nigel-Davies/dp/185744566X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1ILLVUO14VV7J&keywords=starting+out+the+modern&qid=1648412201&s=books&sprefix=starting+out+the+modern%2Cstripbooks%2C132&sr=1-1
https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Guide-Modern-Pirc-Complex/dp/1781944687/ref=sr_1_9?crid=O9QTDQ4C35W7&keywords=modern+defense+chess&qid=1648412028&s=books&sprefix=modern+defen%2Cstripbooks%2C131&sr=1-9
Mar 28, 2022
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tygxc wrote:
The best book is... not a book but a data base.
All books are obsolete while in print, while new games are played while the book is in print.
Highly doubtful. Between Boris Avrukh’s old Catalan repertoire book and his new one, I remember a line in the kings Indian which he suggested a novelty and “since then it has been tested in one game”. One game.
What is the best book on the Modern Defense? I want to develop a opening repertoire and understand the ideas behind the moves.