It is not a bad opening. Personally i think it is it a very a a bit less stable than openings like the QGD/Slav and Nimzo but decent enough and against a white player with less experience in the opening you will do very well. Personally i dislike facing it with faster time controls but don't mind too much in normal games.
The book has a good name and is only 29 euro's at New In Chess so you probably can get it at less then 40 euro.
yeah when you calculate the exchange rate and add 10 dollars for shipping its just under $40 dollars U.S. thru New in Chess' website
The QGD is a little slow for me, i get lost in all that space, i usually screw up the Nimzo most of the time, I do really enjoy the slav and semi slav positions i think those are the lines i like the best as black
Thanks for the heads up
i dont have any opinions on this opening really, or the book - but vladimir barsky generally writes very good opening books. his recent book on the ragozin complex is fantastic and morozevich is one of the guys i look to when i want to find some good ideas in an opening. he especially has great ideas in the french, but he also managed to raise the opinion gms had of both the chigorin and the albin counter gambit(!), playing them with good success at the highest level.
so i would assume this book is going to be good.
I've heard from yermolinsky on here that a catalyn type set up really works well against it.
The other day im just blitzing along in live chess playing 1.d4 instead of my typical 1.e4. Ya know just seeing how my open game is compared to my close game, and scoring fairly well and enjoying some comfortable positions (for a change) and im starting to think maybe im just a more natural d4 player when i run into some body who plays 1.d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6! And i literally pause for like 3 minutes in a 10 minute game and go what the heck is this! I know the accepted and the declined but what the heck is this? He is breaking all the rules! Blocking his c pawn, threatening to bring his queen out early and maybe attempting to keep the pawn i gambited! What an incredulous move by my opponent!
Theory says i should be able to punish him mercilessly for his insolance and yet im not sure how so i played what i thought was logical for 13 moves but ended up actually blundering 3 times before going on a sucide mission and losing embarassingly and it has been rattling around in my head for a couple weeks. It impressed me for sure and left me wondering why i dont remember encountering it before.
So after some research i decided to buy the book on it and add it to my repotoire because it seemed so forceful of an opening for black to play... but did you know "The Chigorin Defence According To Morozevich" is selling on Amazon for $173.16 new?!!! http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/9056912003/sr=1-1/qid=1378362127/ref=olp_tab_new?ie=UTF8&colid=&coliid=&condition=new&me=&qid=1378362127&seller=&sr=1-1
What can be so special about a paperback book?
I ended up buying it from the publisher "New in Chess" for $40 with shipping because hell it must be collectable or something, i havent got it yet or toyed around with an engine to try to figure out the ideas... ill just wait for the book to come over the pond
But anyway if you have some experience or some opinions about the book, the opening, or what is going on with amazon's prices please shine a light on the subject and share your thoughts on what could be awaiting me as i explorer this opening further. But please no comments on my poor play for strictly entertainment purposes only here is the game i got mated in; my pain for your pleasure