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Title: The Ultimate King's Indian Attack: Improve Your Results by Playing This Powerful Opening System by Angus Dunnington ISBN: 0-7134-8222-2 Publisher: Batsford Pub. Date: 30 June, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.11 (9 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: The bible
Comment: This is the bible on the King's Indian Attack. If it haad an index of variations it would be six stars. But those of us who use this book with love will make our own index. This book changed my chess life, ending my serach after years of changing openings... Now, it is the King's Indian Attack with 1. Nf3, and the Modern and the King's Indian. There it is!
Rating: 5
Summary: Build your opening repertoire
Comment: I wrote the below reviews over a year ago and while I've had some fun with some sharp openings, I still feel the KIA is an excellent opening. While I was trying to sharpen up my rep - I noticed that the amount of time I spent on memorization went way up - The amount of time spent on more important aspects of the game went way down. Yasser Seirawan mentioned in his Winning Chess Openings book that [studying sharp openings]he felt he was playing less original chess. I agree - though I'm no Seirawan, I like feeling like I'm playing my own game, and I honestly feel that I learn far more testing out my own ideas(thinking for myself), rather than memorizing the latest in the Yugoslav Attack. Its a good base for applying Silmans ideas as well. And I have so much more time to study the fun stuff. Now, there are a number of systems that will cut down on the opening theory, the Torre, the Colle, the London etc, however you will not be able to transpose into any of them if your sharper opening invites an unwanted defence. And as I mention below this is a selling point for the KIA beyond the other systems mentioned. For instance, I really like sharp 1.e4 e5 repertoire Max Lange, Evans Gambit etc. But after 1.e4 c6 (d6,e6) I can transpose into the KIA, However if your a 1.d4 player , after 1.d4 and 2.c4, you cannot transpose back into a London/Torre/ Tromp or whatever. Again if your sharper openings are in for maintenence, no worries. The KIA is not a Ferrari - Its a Chevy, maybe not so flashy but reliable and cheap.
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The KIA can be used on its own or as a starting point for building a sharp 1.e4 repertoire. The advantage is you can add slowly, within your own time constraints. The first thing is to find a reply to 1...d5 (1.e4 d5) as that's the one defense which rules out transposing to the KIA. The point is you can go at your own pace. OR NOT! The KIA is plenty fine by its self. Throw in some Reti (same Author)or some English (Kosten) for Varity. Check out the French section on chesspublishing.com to see the KIA in action. Now about the book. Dunning ton cares about what he writes and it shows. Lots of explanatory prose, helps get the message across. The KIA is not the sharpest opening (but it can be, remember its a KID with an extra move!)
but you don't have to file for divorce to keep up with the latest developments either. By the book!
Rating: 5
Summary: Great book.
Comment: I keep coming back to this excellent repertoire book by Dunnington. My real reason for writing this review is to help cancel out the one-star review by that other reviewer. THis book deserves much more.
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Title: Starting Out: King's Indian by Joe Gallagher ISBN: 1857442342 Publisher: Everyman Chess Pub. Date: 01 June, 2002 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Bronstein On the King's Indian by David Bronstein ISBN: 1857442652 Publisher: Everyman Chess Pub. Date: 01 August, 1999 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Modern Defence by Jon Speelman, Neil McDonald ISBN: 1857442814 Publisher: Everyman Chess Pub. Date: 01 October, 2000 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Pirc Alert!: A Complete Defense Against 1. e4 by Lev Alburt, Alex Chernin ISBN: 1889323071 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: April, 2001 List Price(USD): $34.95 |
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Title: Starting Out: The Pirc/Modern by Joe Gallagher ISBN: 1857443365 Publisher: Everyman Chess Pub. Date: 01 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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