I have never seen a post by kindaspongey where he posts his own opinion about a chess position. It would be very refreshing to see his personal recommendations rather than quotes and questions.
I'm unable to find a reply to King's Indian Defense.
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Jan 10, 2018
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sammy_boi wrote:
There were 40-50 KID games in Zurich 1953. For starters play over all those. This type of activity is never a bad introduction to any opening you want to learn.
Good estimate. There were 46 KIDs, of which White won 12 and lost 10, with 24 draws. One day, I was frustrated by the lack of an opening index in Bronstein's book and decided to create one.
I agree that playing the KIDs from that tournament would be a great introduction to the opening. Bronstein's annotations contain many jewels of positional wisdom. As an aside, two of my favorite games from the tournament are Gligorich's KIDs against Averbakh and Geller.
"... I began doing interviews of chess players and personalities on my ICC/ChessFM online radio show, ... one of my questions was always: 'What are your favourite chess books?', ... Zurich 1953 was often one of their choices. Most of the time this referred to Bronstein's book ... but surprisingly often, my guests ... would ... explain that they weren't referring to Bronstein's work, but rather to Miguel Najdorf's 1954 book ... [As an aside, I should mention that two guests referred to yet a third book about this event as a favourite: Euwe's Schach-Elite im Kampf, written in Dutch] ... Frequently, ... the reader [of Bronstein's book] is given an unrealistic and often simplistic view which neglects the richness of positions, and passes over important turning points. ..." - IM John Watson (2013)
http://theweekinchess.com/john-watson-reviews/john-watson-book-review-106-zurich-1953-by-najdorf
"... [Bronstein's] incredible annotations ..."
http://exeterchessclub.org.uk/content/review-zurich-1953-bronstein
Jan 10, 2018
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pfren wrote:
Why should someone reply to a question made some three years ago (and the O.P. being away since 2,5 years ago) with an utterly worthless book list?
I'm afraid it is way beyond my understanding.
It is what @kindaspongey does. On every opening forum
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Ok, it was a resurrected topic, but as for books and learning openings...
There were 40-50 KID games in Zurich 1953. For starters play over all those. This type of activity is never a bad introduction to any opening you want to learn.
Ideally a game or two where white wins will be really appealing to you for one reason or another, and then you can further look at games in that line or by that player.