When I was active, all pros had the encyclopedias of chess openings
Best Book/Resource for Opening Repertoires
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Oct 13, 2014
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If you are asking about the quality of the book, irregardless of the opening, I will say;
1) "Pirc Alert!" Albert and Chernin - Most instructive book for an opening
2) "Nimzo-Larsen Attack" Jacobs and Tait - A labor of love
wormrose wrote:
If you are asking about the quality of the book, irregardless of the opening, I will say;
1) "Pirc Alert!" Albert and Chernin - Most instructive book for an opening
2) "Nimzo-Larsen Attack" Jacobs and Tait - A labor of love
OK. And if I am asking about the books, taking into account the openings and overall usefulness?
BMcC333 wrote:
When I was active, all pros had the encyclopedias of chess openings
Yeah, I think ECO has been discontinued and replaced with other things now...
Oct 13, 2014
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Chicken_Monster wrote:
wormrose wrote:
If you are asking about the quality of the book, irregardless of the opening, I will say;
1) "Pirc Alert!" Albert and Chernin - Most instructive book for an opening
2) "Nimzo-Larsen Attack" Jacobs and Tait - A labor of love
OK. And if I am asking about the books, taking into account the openings and overall usefulness?
That's hard to say but the "move by move" books are really good. I don't believe there are any openings that are vastly superior to others. If there were, everyone would be playing them. But keep in mind I'm just an average chessplayer.
Oct 13, 2014
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i am trying to learn the maroczy bind. if i go e4 ni f3 c4 knc3 d3 am i still in the maroczy bind??? is this a legitamate opening does it have aname????
Oct 13, 2014
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Chicken_Monster wrote:
What are they, in your opinion?
Chessbase these days for those who good players I suppose
You can order old ones at Amazon. I recommend it to all my students once they hit about 1600 and need to know more than 10 moves of book.
They vary from 5 bucks to over 100 depending on the supply at the moment.
The older the better. Versions 1 and 2 were written by the old Russians including many world champs plus Korchnoi and Keres.
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_1_18?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=encyclopedia+of+chess+openings&sprefix=encyclopedia+of+ch%2Cstripbooks%2C289
There are editions for 500 but I would grab the 1978 yellow on e4 )but not e4 e5 or e4 e6) and the 1979 blue, the rest of e4. Best 31 bucks for studying opening but it takes a while to get used to the spreadsheet format.
Does ECO actually explain the reasons behind the moves, or is it just a list of lines to play?
IM Watson's book is a survey of all the openings with ideas behind them, but doesn't recommend a repertoire. He does discuss why some lines are more popular than others.
I'm not 100% sure what you're asking for though.
Kaufman's older repertoire book "The Chess Advantage in Black & White" is a full repertoire book along with some good explanations of the ideas and plans. His newer one "The Kaufman Repertoire for Black/White" is a lot less prose and a lot more reams of analysis.
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A good set is
"Chess Opening Essentials" 4 Volumns
Stefan Djuric - Dimitri Komarov - Claudio Pantaleoni
A very good overview of all openings in my opinion. From beginner to advanced.
Do you need a book with an explanation of concrete opening or a book with many lines of different openings?
EvgeniyZh wrote:
Do you need a book with an explanation of concrete opening or a book with many lines of different openings?
Depends on that person's needs or wants for either.
Not a fan of Chess Opening Essentials.
I'm using Hiarcs opening book - very good and rich, and is updated frequently...
Once you study an opening, I suggest Chesds Position Trainer software to learn it.
EvgeniyZh wrote:
Do you need a book with an explanation of concrete opening or a book with many lines of different openings?
Both.
What are they, in your opinion?