22 Mar 07
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Originally posted by tapestrySomeone at a local tourney had an encyclopedia-sized book of chess openings. It had to be at least 500-600 pages and seemed to cover all official known openings. I'll try to find out the name...
I'm looking for lines to play as black, so a single repetoire book to cover the most common openings.
EDIT: Here's the book I was referring to above:
Standard Chess Openings, 2nd Edition
http://www.amazon.com/Standard-Chess-Openings-Eric-Schiller/dp/1580420486/ref=sr_1_16/102-9625580-2704934?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1174591987&sr=1-16
22 Mar 07
Originally posted by 93confirmedThat would probably be NCO (Nunn's Chess Openings) or MCO (Modern Chess Openings). They give you tons of lines, but very little explanation. I have one dating from 1996, but rarely reference it.
Someone at a local tourney had an encyclopedia-sized book of chess openings. It had to be at least 500-600 pages and seemed to cover all official known openings. I'll try to find out the name...
05 Jun 07
Originally posted by tapestryUpdate:
I'm looking for lines to play as black, so a single repetoire book to cover the most common openings.
I settled for the book Anti-Sicilians: A Guide for Black by Dorian Rogozenko.
It provides a repetoire for the anti-sicilians but I have found that there is a lot of annotation and not as much verbose decriptions as I would like. Still, as a book it saves time in that I don't need to design a repetoire from scratch and all the information I need is in one place.
Would I recommend it? Yes, but only because I don't think there is an alternative book available. I would like something that didn't have so many variations but had more explanation. But then, I'm a relatively weak player aspiring for greater things!
05 Jun 07
Originally posted by tapestryI think Joe Gallagher brought out a book called 'Beating the Anti-Sicilians' (or something similar) a few years ago. It'll probably be a bit out of date now but should contain some good ideas.
Could anybody recommend any anti-Sicilian books?
I'm thinking about 'Anti-Sicilians: A Guide for Black by Dorian Rogozenko'. I've read a few reviews and it doesn't quite seem to hit the spot. Any other thoughts? Thanks
05 Jun 07
Originally posted by 93confirmedI bought it and it doesn't have most of the common openings, it has repertoire what Alburt, Dzindzichaschvili and Perelsteyn recommend you to play against most white's first moves. For example The Accelerated Dragon, Bogo-Indian.
Actually, I just stumbled across this on Amazon:
Chess Openings for Black, Explained (A Complete Repetoire)
http://www.amazon.com/Chess-Openings-Explained-Complete-Repertoire/dp/1889323128/ref=sr_1_5/102-9625580-2704934?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1174591987&sr=1-5
05 Jun 07
Originally posted by mcreynoldsAn anti-sicillian is by definition any line prepared to defeat a sicillian defense. That said, they typically refer to anything other than the open sicillian (2.Nf3 3. d4).
What do you guys mean by anti-sicilian, is that a specific line or anything other than 2. Nf3 or what?
05 Jun 07
Originally posted by tapestryjust ran into this series of anti-sicilian articles by joel benjamin, so I thought I'd post it here:
Could anybody recommend any anti-Sicilian books?
I'm thinking about 'Anti-Sicilians: A Guide for Black by Dorian Rogozenko'. I've read a few reviews and it doesn't quite seem to hit the spot. Any other thoughts? Thanks
http://www.jeremysilman.com/chess_opng_shrtcts/archive.html